Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.

The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application.

Children, love one another, and if that is not possible-at least try to put up with one another.

‎It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.

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.