The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody. This of all miseries is the coldest.

“As we have explained, in first love the soul is taken long before the body; lat…”

“All of you, all who are present--consider me worthy of pity, do younot? Good Go…”

“Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, i…”

“Love is like a tree: it shoots of itself; it strikes it's roots deeply into our…”