"Be as a bird perched on a..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.”

“The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas.”

“It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, and vice the real murderer.”

“Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole.”

“The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.”

“And all those who look down on me I'm tearing down your balcony.”

“A woman ... all beautiful and accomplished will, while her hand and heart are undisposed of, turn the heads and set the circle in which she moves on fire. Let her marry, and what is the consequence? The madness ceases and all is quiet again. Why? Not because there is any diminution in the charms of the lady, but because there is an end of hope.”

“You learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of hope.”

“Many a maiden,With white feet glancing light as air,Made happy music through the gloom.”