In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.
Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.
Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.
I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.
Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures.
Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.