"Forty years is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age."

"Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being."

"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end swallows up the light. The human soul is a pupil which dilates in suffering and in the end swallows up God."

"Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the soul. It is an ardent, celestial, inextinguishable flame."

"The most beautiful of all things is a beautiful woman with a beautiful mind."