Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.

He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.

The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.