I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations win and preserve the heart.

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.

The art galleries of Paris contain the finest collection of frames I ever saw.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.