The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
After the age of eighty, all contemporaries are friends.
Gentleness! more powerful than Hercules.
There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached.
When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.