Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.

Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.

Authors may be divided into falling stars, planets, and fixed stars: the first have a momentary effect; the second have a much longer duration; but the third are unchangeable, possess their own light, and work for all time.

The less one, as a result of objective or subjective conditions, has to come into contact with people, the better off one is for it.

No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.

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

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.