Causes

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies

Beauty is not caused. It is

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip

The lack of money is the root of all evil

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move

There is a woman at the begining of all great things

More than kisses, letters mingle souls

Only divine love bestows the keys of knowledge

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes