He who cannot see the beautiful side is a bad painter, a bad friend, a bad lover; he cannot lift his mind and his heart so high as goodness.

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

Heaven is for those who think of it.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always.

Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.