Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.

Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.

Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Great passions are incurable diseases.