Never be sad for what is over, just be glad it was once yours. Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver.

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable.

I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.