Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul.

Life would be as insupportable without the prospect of death, as it would be without sleep.

It is a sad thing to look at happiness only through another's eyes.

Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

He who would remain honest ought to keep away want.

When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!