Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Every human perfection is allied to a defect into which it threatens to pass, but it is also true that every defect is allied to a perfection.

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

The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.

All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering.

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.