That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another’s. We see so much only as we possess.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.