Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.

Everything hangs on one's thinking.

It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.

Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought in pardoning. He will spare some and watch over some, because of their youth, and others on account of their ignorance. His clemency will not fall short of justice, but will fulfill it perfectly.

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb