Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him.

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.

It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.

The brilliant passes, like the dew at morn; The true endures, for ages yet unborn.

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.