"Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another."

"The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing."

"True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise."

"Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed."

"We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"A resilient spirit knows that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."