"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished."

"That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved as much before, and that no one will ever love in the same way again."

"The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth."

"To create something you must be something."

"No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries."

"Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do."

"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."

"Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower."

"Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love"

"Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate."

"Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not."

"The soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity."

"Every situation, every moment -- is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity."

"Those are dead even for this life who hope for no other."

"The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors."

"I've studied now Philosophy and Jurisprudence, Medicine - and even, alas! Theology - from end to end with labor keen; and here, poor fool with all my lore I stand, no wiser than before."

"To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants."

"A purpose you impart is no longer your own."

"Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill."

"Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it."

"If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question."

"Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again."

"By seeking and blundering we learn."

"Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here."

"Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture."

"There are nine requisites for contented living: HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure; WEALTH enough to support your needs; STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them; GRACE enough to confess your sins and overcome them; PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished; CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor; LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others; FAITH enough to make real the things of God; HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future."

"Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded."

"The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it."

"A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations."

"He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home"

"The persons born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."

"The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence."

"My peace is gone, my heart is heavy."

"To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state."

"At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you."

"has played a powerful part in shaping the opinions of the group of intellectuals who are behind Hitler in the epoch-making program."

"Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon."

"Individuality seems to be Nature's whole aim -- and she cares nothing for individuals."

"Yes! To this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew."

"Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it"

"Only law can give us freedom."

"If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long."

"Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune is always here."

"It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage."

"One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks."

"Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action."

"Mysteries are not necessarily miracles."

"There is nothing more frightful than imagination without taste."

"A distracted existence leads us to no goal."

"What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won."