If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality.

It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently...