Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.
You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.
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?
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.