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.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies.
You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.
Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.