We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name

A word too much always defeats its purpose.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

For our improvement we need a mirror.

We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.

Mostly the loss teaches us only about the value of things.