Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.