The law of the pleasure in having done anything for another is, that the one almost immediately forgets having given, and the other remembers eternally having received.

Every change of place becomes a delight.

A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly, only an absolute fool values a man according to his clothes, or according to his position, which after all is only something we wear like clothing.

Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.