We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Long only for what you have.

The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it were empty.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

An experience teaches only the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.

The wise man is astonished by anything.