Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

To how many is the death of the beloved the parent of faith!

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.

Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.

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