Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it sho

He who laughs most, learns best.

When all else fails, take a vacation.

For a punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes.

whereas, up to the present, there is only one known way of getting born, there are endless ways of getting killed.

There have been 44 constitutional referenda in Australia and only eight have succeeded.

Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is wiser not to stir them.

The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.

He that pines with hunger, is in little care how others shall be fed. The poor man is seldom studious to make his grandson rich.

I don't believe in a God. I don't believe in any of that stuff to determine my life or my goals or my direction. I just depend on myself.