There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.
Nothing should be valued higher than the value of the day.
Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down
A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.
Collectors are happy people.
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.