one who makes no mistakes makes nothing

Those who do not love life do not deserve it.

When a man is in love very little is enough to throw him into despair and as little to enhance his joy to the utmost.

If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.

My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good.

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.