Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.
Science does not know its debt to imagination.
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
The earth laughs in flowers.
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
