Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.

Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.

Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.

Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and animated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy.

Lately we have had many losses.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.