There is nothing at all in life, except what we put there.

The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.

Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.

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

Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other.

Old age is the night of life, as night is the old age of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence; and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.

In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.