Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as we darken the eyes of birds when we wish them to sing?

The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most beautiful period of the heart's existence is in this calm equable light, even although it be only moonshine or twilight. Now the mind alone can obtain for us this heavenly cheerfulness and peace.

Repetition is the mother of education.

What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease.

Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.

The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc. stells and makes hardy single powers and muscles, but dancing, like a corporeal poesy, embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.

Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.