The history of a man is in his character.
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
Beauty vanishes; virtue is lasting.
Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.
The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.