He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

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In times of revolution misery is both cause and effect. The blow which it deals rebounds upon it.

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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

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The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

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Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

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The peculiar property of truth is never to commit excesses. What need has it of exaggeration?

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Never was keener anguish lavished upon a thing more charming or more delicate.

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To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.

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If you don't build castles in the air you won't build anything on the ground.

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