Age either transfigures or petrifies.

In this world, all power rests upon force.

We can be wise from goodness and good from wisdom.

I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience.

The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.

That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.