Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another |
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. |
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's na |
In women everything is heart, even the head |
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise |
It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope |
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. |
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. |
Let prayer be the key of the day, and the bolt of the night |
Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter. |
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent |
Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell |
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest |
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. |
Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life. |