Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable.

I do not know is a phrase which becomes us.

At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.

In all the ills that befall us, we are more concerned by the intention than the result. A tile that falls off a roof may injure us more seriously, but it will not wound us so deeply as a stone thrown deliberately by a malevolent hand. The blow may miss, but the intention always strikes home.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Peter had a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing.

Government originated in the attempt to find a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of each with the common force of all.