The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Little minds have little worries; big minds have no time for worries.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Beauty without expression is boring.
Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.
A man’s wife has more power over him than the state has.
