It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

The national budget is not a safe-deposit box. It is a spray can.

Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.

Vulgar souls look hastily and superficially at the sea and accuse it of monotony; other more privileged beings could spend a lifetime admiring it and discovering new and changing phenomena that delight them. So it is with love.

Nothing is so discreet as a young face, for nothing is less mobile; it has the serenity, the surface smoothness, and the freshnessof a lake. There is no character in women's faces before the age of thirty.

All happiness depends on courage and work.