A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months.

Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.

Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble.

Youth should be a savings bank.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.

It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.