“Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world”

“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice”

“There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others”

“We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but which all the world does not practice”

“There are few finer excesses in the world than an excess of gratitude”

“The world and its way have a certain worth”