Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.
Luck is what a capricious man believes in.