Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.

One must not criticize that which is common since it remains always the same.

Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.

The greatest act of faith takes place when a man finally decides that he is not God.

A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

To know where a thing is we must have found it.

It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.