Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.
Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
True humility is contentment.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.