هذه الحياةُ محزنةٌ جدا، ولهذا فلقد قررت أن أقضيها بالتأمل فيها.

“À glória que surge rapidamente, deve-se acrescentar também a falsa, ou melhor, …”

“Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.”

“Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal …”

“Marrying means to halve one's rights and double one's duties”