In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.

Alas! When duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.

Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.

We can never replace a friend. When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds they are all different. No one has a double in friendship.

When the measured dance of the hours brings back the happy smile of spring, the buried dead is born again in the life-glance of the sun. The germs which perished to the eye within the cold breast of the earth spring up with joy in the bright realm of day.