Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the pygmies declared that Jove himself was a pygmy.

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.

No reproach is like that we clothe in a smile, and present with a bow.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.