Hope is only the love of life.

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

It gives liberty and breadth to thought, to learn to judge our own epoch from the point of view of universal history, history from the point of view of geological periods, geology from the point of view of astronomy.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.