If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.