Benito Pérez Galdós

I am not to blame for life being nourished by virtue and sin, by the beautiful and the ugly.

Fear is the form of our subordination to the physical laws.

Love is not dictated by laws.

True love, the solid and enduring kind, arises from companionship; the rest is invention of poets, musicians, and other idle people.

It's scary to think that perhaps the most sincere admirations we have are from people who have not understood us.

Blessed is he who enjoys the sweetness of work without being its slave.

Evil, in whatever form it may take within the human, has no significance for a strong, poised, and self-assured soul.

Let each person follow their inclination, as inclinations are often lines or paths drawn by a very high finger, and no one, no matter how much they know, knows more than destiny.

Experience is a flame that only shines by burning.

Money is earned, Senén, by all those who with patience and keen observation go after those who lose it.

Isn't it sad to consider that only misfortune makes men brothers?