Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.

Exuberance is beauty.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.