Like those statues which must be made larger than "nature" in order that, viewed from below, or from a distance, they may appear to be of the "natural" size, certain truths must be "strained" in order that the public may form a just idea of them.
Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.
Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving.
Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.
The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.