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| Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present | | Reality; Rules | |
| God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul. | | God | |
| Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. | | Uncategorized | |
| Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. | | Uncategorized | |
| He who has not lost his head over some things has no head to lose | | Uncategorized | |
| How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world | | Uncategorized | |
| Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another | | Humanity | |
| I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. | | Uncategorized | |
| In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's na | | Uncategorized | |
| In women everything is heart, even the head | | Women | |
| It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise | | Praise | |
| It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope | | Age | |
| It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. | | Uncategorized | |
| Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm. | | Uncategorized | |
| Let prayer be the key of the day, and the bolt of the night | | Uncategorized | |
| Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter. | | Life | |
| Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent | | Uncategorized | |
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| Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest | | Mankind | |
| Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. | | Music | |
