The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected.

The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.

The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.

If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments , but you have to prepare for that, you have to expect it and be resolute and follow your own path.

Happiness does not await us all. One needn't be a prophet to say that there will be more grief and pain than serenity and money. That is why we must hang on to one another.