A rainbow which lasts for a quarter of an hour is looked at no longer.

If man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.

Behaviour is a mirror in which everyone shows his image.

These feet won't bear the woman Up the steep steps as lightheartedly They did the skipping child long years ago.

Each one sees what he carries in his heart.

No one has ever properly understood me, I have never fully understood anyone; and no one understands anyone else.

Age doesn't make us childish, as they say, It finds that we're still children.

There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans, that the moment one definitely commits oneself that Providence moves, too. Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.

What's left undone to-day, To-morrow will not do. Waste not a day in vain digression: With resolute, courageous trust Seize every possible impression, And make it firmly your possession; You'll then work on, because you must.

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.