Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.

Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.