Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills.

If I maintain my silence about my secret it is my prisoner...if I let it slip from my tongue, I am ITS prisoner.

You must treat a work of art like a great man: stand before it and wait patiently till it deigns to speak.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Life is full of troubles and vexations, that one must either rise above it by means of corrected thoughts, or leave it.