Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.

All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Easy come, easy go... "Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing" schemes don't work, they are just not logical

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.

Many are those who can argue; few are those who can converse