He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.

To reveal imprudently the spot where we are most sensitive and vulnerable is to invite a blow. The demigod Achilles admitted no one to his confidence.

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

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.

Pride dries the tears of anger and vexation; humility, those of grief. The one is indignant that we should suffer; the other calms us by the reminder that we deserve nothing else.

In a healthy state of the organism all wounds have a tendency to heal.

I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.