A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life a garden.

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.

When she sees the leaves fall, they raise no other idea in her mind than that winter is approaching.

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.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.