Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
Imitation is suicide.
I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
We must be our own before we can be another's.
The ancestor of every action is a thought… Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
Beauty without expression is boring.
Life is a festival only to the wise.
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
All Mankind love a lover.
The reward of a thing well done is having done it.