Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love

This is the highest wisdom that I own freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men

Experience is only half of experience

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out what he has to do... within the limits of his comprehension

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes

If you have any faith, give me, for heaven's sake, a share of it! Your doubts you may keep to yourself, for I have a plenty of my own