The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul.
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
The earth laughs in flowers.
The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
The greatest homage we can pay truth is to use it.
A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has.
This time, like all time, is a very good one but if we know what to do with it.
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.