Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime

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.

Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.

Next to faith in God, is faith in labor.