All that is observable in a man-that is to say his actions and such of his spiritual existence as can be deduced from his actions-falls into the domain of history.
Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.
Man has to pick up the use of his functions as he goes along- especially the function of Love.
Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.
I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.
Truth is a flower in whose neighbourhood others must wither.