An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly; telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun.

The people rate strength before everything.

To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.

We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.

Never by reflection, but only by doing is self- knowledge possible to one.