It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.

Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

Giving is the business of the rich.

A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.

It is delivery that makes the orators success.

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.