The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.

Man cannot persist long in a conscious state, he must throw himself back into the unconscious, for his root lives there.

Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.

The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong tendencies for other affairs.

The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.