Results are nothing; the energies which produce them and which again spring from them are everything.

Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all.

The sorrow which calls for help and comfort is not the greatest, nor does it come from the depths of the heart.

Even by means of our sorrows we belong to the eternal plan.

How a person masters his or her fate is more important than what that fate is.

The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as many vain fears as idle hopes, but lends much oftener to the illusions it calls up a gay flattering hue than one which inspires terror.

The state should avoid all solicitude for the positive welfare of its citizens, and not proceed a step further than is necessary for their mutual security and their protection against foreign enemies. It should impose restrictions on freedom for no other purpose.