“It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.”

“(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.”

“When you are in doubt as to which you should serve forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle for this is everything.”

“Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like a child of ten, after a butterfly or a dragon-fly. This courtesan who had cost more money in bouquets than would have kept a whole family in comfort, would sometimes sit on the grass for an hour, examining the simple flower whose name she bore.”

“I do not often laugh, sir,” answered the unknown. “As you may yourself discover by the expression of my continence. But yet I mean to preserve the right of laughing when I please.”

“Jamais homme bien amoureux n'a laissé les horloges faire paisiblement leur chemin.”

“Rien n'est plus courageux qu'un cœur patient.”