Over all the mountain tops is peace.

The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence.

No one feels himself easy in a garden which does not look like the open country.

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

Few men have imagination enough for reality.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.