Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.

There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people.

There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love.

A joy shared is a joy doubled.

If everyone sweeps before his own front door, then the street is clean.