I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.

Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.

After fifteen minutes nobody looks at a rainbow.

Do you want to live happily? Travel with two bags, one for giving, the other for receiving.

I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn.

Let us live in as small a circle as we will, we are either debtors or creditors before we have had time to look around.

What reason would grope for in vain, spontaneous impulse ofttimes achieves at a stroke, with light and pleasureful guidance.