The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.

[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.

Nothing is more limiting than a closed circle of acquaintanceship where every avenue of conversation has been explored and social exchanges are fixed in a known routine.

Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers.

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!