The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand.

Tis well when we dare not do a thing we think is not good and fair; but not so well when we think a thing not good and fair because we dare not do it.

Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe.

I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps.

All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.

No one and nothing can harm us, child, except what we fear and love.

All things that a man owns hold him far more than he holds them.