"I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride."

"One must learn to suffer well."

"For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence."

"Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words: Wait and hope."

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it."