In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.

Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world.

Love lessens woman's delicacy and increases man's.