In a better world we will find our young years and our old friends.
There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their creditors always outnumber their disciples, they owe humanity more than she will ever owe them.
What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion
The wisest man may always learn something from the humblest peasant.