A man may call to mind the face of his friend, but not his own. Here, then, is an initial difficulty in the way of applying the maxim, Know Thyself.

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

Wealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study of its Persian Latin has become familiar with that incomparable book stirred by that spirit to the very depth of his Soul !

Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.