“Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.”

The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

The will of man is his happiness.

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.

To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.

Man is never so authentically himself as when at play.

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

To save all we must risk all.

I have enjoyed earthly happiness, I have lived and loved.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Art is difficult, transient is her reward.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

We are too prone to find fault; let us look for some of the perfections.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things

I come as a full course meal, I will no longer hand myself out like a menu and wait for people to pick me out.

The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

I’m telling you that India is that way, now set my course.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets tough.