Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
My mother loved children -- she would have given anything if I had been one.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.