Things bring their own philosophy with them, that is, prudence.

I wish that friendship should have feet, as well as eyes and eloquence. It must plant itself on the ground, before it vaults overthe moon. I wish it to be a little of a citizen, before it is quite a cherub.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We find in life exactly what we put into it

Great men do not content us. It is their solitude, not their force, that makes them conspicuous.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties even.