There is a law in life: When one door closes to us another one opens.

It is often so: the harder it is to hear, the more a truth is worth saying.

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.

Understanding is the beginning of approving.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.