Look at a man the way he is and he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be.

You don't love if you don't take the beloved's faults for virtues.

We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face.

Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive.

The close and thoughtful observer more and more learns to recognize his limitations. He realizes that with the steady growth of knowledge more and more new problems keep on emerging.