The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two.

There is no soul that does not respond to love, for the soul of man is a guest that has gone hungry these centuries back.

The manner in which the hours of freedom are spent determines, no less than labor and war, the moral worth of a nation.

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.

To be good we must needs have suffered; but perhaps it is necessary to have caused suffering before we can become better.

In any event, a truth that disheartens, because it is true, is still of far more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

All mothers are rich when they love their children. There are no poor mothers, no ugly ones, no old ones. Their love is always the most beautiful of joys.