I do not speak of what I cannot praise.

We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.

Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.

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.

Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.

He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.

Few men have imagination enough for reality.