Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands but let it go and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
When work is a pleasure life is a joy! When work is a duty life is slavery.
On a soap happiness never lasts for very long!
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
