We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

Great conversation ... requires an absolute running of two souls into one.

The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world.