“And it is because we all of us know of this sombre power and its perilous manifestations, that we stand in so deep a dread of silence. We can bear, when need must be, the silence of ourselves, that of isolation: but the silence of many - silence multiplied - and above all the silence of a crowd - these are supernatural burdens, whose inexplicable weight brings dread to the mightiest soul.”

“And it is because we all of us know of this sombre power and its perilous manifestations, that we stand in so deep a dread of silence. We can bear, when need must be, the silence of ourselves, that of isolation: but the silence of many - silence multiplied - and above all the silence of a crowd - these are supernatural burdens, whose inexplicable weight brings dread to the mightiest soul.”

“It is sad to love and be unloved, but sadder still to be unable to love.”

“At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.”

“It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.”

“Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.”

“We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.”

“Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.”

“All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.”

“Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?”

“To disdain today is to prove that yesterday has been misunderstood.”

“You do well to have visions of a better life than of every day but it is the life of every day from which the elements of a better life must come.”