“How many kings are governed by their ministers, how many ministers by their secretaries? Who, in such cases, is really the chief?”

“In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!”

“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”

“For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior.”

“Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.”

“In this world one is seldom reduced to make a selection between two alternatives. There are as many varieties of conduct and opinion as there are turns of feature between an aquiline nose and a flat one.”