Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.

Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.

Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.

Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.