One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.
When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.