When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.

In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.

There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.

I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.

I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me.