There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love.
Nothing tells more about the character of a man than the things he makes fun of.
The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.
There are but few who have ideas and are, at the same time, capable of action. Ideas enlarge but stymie, action enlivens but confines.
War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature.