Mostly the loss teaches us only about the value of things.
The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.
What makes people hard-hearted is this, that each man has, or fancies he has, as much as he can bear in his own troubles.
A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.
You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.
A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.