» The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.
» They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
» Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
» It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.
» Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.
» The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.
» We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.
» One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.
» All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.
» Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.