Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Piety, like nobility, has its aristocracy.

If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

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.

Don't judge anyone harshly until you yourself have been through his experiences

The errors of the observer come from the qualities of the human mind.