To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

There is a German proverb which says that Take-it-Easy and Live-Long are brothers.

There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.(Bonald, M.} There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.

Neither love nor ambition, as it has often been shown, can brook a division of its empire in the heart.