“Property is the fruit of labor - property is desirable - it is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise
“There are only two tragedies in life. one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it
“What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes
“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen
“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
“Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low