"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored."

"The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love."

"This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude."

"The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things."

"If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction."

"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."

"One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all."

"Out of difficulties grow miracles."

"There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience."

"Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed."

"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking."

"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."

"Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do."

"When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman."

"When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman."

"We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all."

"All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone."