The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.
How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.
n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.
With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.
Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.
He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.