Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving.

Friendship admits of difference of character, as love does that of sex.

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!

What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.