There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.
For visions come not to polluted eyes.
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.