For our improvement we need a mirror.

You can do what you will, but in any given moment of your life you can will only one definite thing and absolutely nothing other than that one thing.

A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man

A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.

The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind.

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

Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.