Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to be imitators, a course to which they are already only too much inclined. No one thinks of making them original, courageous, independent.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.