Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.

Fret not over the irretrievable, but ever act as if thy life were just begun.

One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.

Life is but a preparation for what there is to come.

One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.