José Selgas y Carrasco

“In his short tales he is most successful when he indulges in the sentimental; he is less attractive when he gives utterance to his pessimistic feeling.”

“In our poor human nature, joy and sorrow often manifest themselves by the same symptoms; and a piece of good news will agitate us in the same way as a piece of bad news.”

“There is not in the circle of human happiness a cup of honey that has not its drop of gall.”