A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state.
The history of a man is in his character.
Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.
Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution.
He who cannot love must learn to flatter.
I nothing had, and yet enough for youth--Joy in Illusion, ardent thirst for Truth. Give unrestrained, the old emotion, The bliss that touched the verge of pain, The strength of Hate, Love's deep devotion,--O, give me back my youth again!