It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

You talk one way, you live another.

Nature does not reveal all her secrets at once. We imagine we are initiated in her mysteries: we are, as yet, but hanging around her outer courts.

We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.

Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.

No emotion falls into dislike so readily as sorrow.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.