Happiness will never be any greater than the idea we have of it.

It is the evil that lies in ourselves that is ever least tolerant of the evil that dwells within others.

The dog is the only living being that has found and recognizes an indubitable, tangible and definite god. He knows to whom above him to give himself. He has not to seek for a superior and infinite power.

Happiness will never be any greater than the idea we have of it.

An obstacle is not a discouragement. It may become one, but only with our own consent. So long as we refuse to be discouraged, we cannot be discouraged.

Many a happiness in life, a many a disaster, is due to chance alone; but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.

Every year, in November, at the season that follows the hour of the dead, the crowning and majestic hours of autumn, I go to visit the chrysanthemums ... They are indeed, the most universal, the most diverse of flowers.