The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends.

Of all trifles, titles are the lightest.

People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.

Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them.

In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.

We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!