Some people are capable of making great sacrifices, but few are capable of concealing how much the effort has cost them; and it is this concealment that constitutes their value.

There is no cosmetic like happiness

Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.

The most certain mode of making people content with us is to make them content with themselves.

Many minds that have withstood the most severe trials have been broken down by a succession of ignoble cares.

He who fears not, is to be feared.

Spring is the season of hope, and autumn is that of memory.