Of all the animals in creation, man is the only one who drinks without being thirsty, eats without being hungry, and speaks without having anything to say.
By the thickness of the dust in the books of a public library, the culture of a people can be measured.
It's curious how distant a misfortune seems when it doesn't personally affect us.
The sadness of the soul can kill you much faster than a bacterium.
Under his cowardly shell, man aspires to goodness and wants to be loved. If he takes the path of vice, it is because he believed he was taking a shortcut that would lead him to love.