"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness…"

"I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol."

"Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart."

"There are two ways of being happy: we may either diminish our wants or augment our means."

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."