A man thirty years old, I said to myself, should have his field of life all ploughed, and his planting well done; for after that it is summer time.

To begin a reform, go not into the places of the great and rich; go rather to those whose cups of happiness are empty--to the poor and humble.

A man thirty years old, I said to myself, should have his field of life all ploughed, and his planting well done; for after that it is summer time.

Pride is never so loud as when in chains.

What children we are, even the wisest! When God walks the earth, his steps are often centuries apart.

A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.

The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.