Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation.