It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!