That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.

The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop without training.

It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.