Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

There are twenty ways of going to a point, and one is the shortest; but set out at once on one. A man who has that presence of mind which can bring to him on the instant all he knows, is worth for action a dozen men who know as much, but can only bring it to light slowly.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.