Life is the childhood of our immortality.

I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter.

What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.

The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights.

Nature reacts not only to physical disease, but also to moral weakness; when the danger increases; she gives us greater courage

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.