To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
The mind must have for ballast the clear conception of duty, if it is not to fluctuate between levity and despair.
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.
Joy is the vital air of the soul.
Will localizes us, thought universalizes us.
We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.