Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell.

Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life.

How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

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.

Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual.

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.