Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
Progress is not accomplished in one stage.
What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.
Revolution is the larva of civilization.
This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.