Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily..

You stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions..

There is only one proof of ability - action..

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake..

How wise must one be to be always kind..

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good..

When the time comes in which one could, the time has passed in which one can..

We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for..

In youth we learn; in age we understand..

Many think that when they have confessed a fault there is no need of correcting it..

Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor..

When curiosity turns to serious matters, it's called research..

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered..

Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone..

Grace is the outcome of inward harmony..

He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not..

Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed..

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves..

Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower..

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate..

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men..