If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy— the purest joy of life.

Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

First let a man teach himself, and then he will be taught by others.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.