I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and can seize and use them.

All things are only transitory.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.

I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.

But when all is said, the greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself.

Impotent hatred is the most horrible of all emotions; one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy.

In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.