To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

Only the thinking man lives his life, the thoughtless man's life passes him by.

n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.