Live as if you were eternal.

You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.

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.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.