Patience is the art of hoping.
Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.
The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
There are men who are happy without knowing it.
Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.