The Holy Scriptures praise the dew of the morning and the dew of the evening; ros matutinum, ros serotinum! Happy is he who possesses the gift of tears! when young, he will bear flowers; when old, fruit!

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

The egoist does not tolerate egoism.

The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.

Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

No labor is hopeless.