The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.

Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words?

The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.

Seeing through is rarely seeing into.

To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing.

Temptations make one very censorious. If you are virtuous you condemn the wicked and if you are wicked, you condemn the virtuous.

Happiness is the moment when you cease to make an inventory of joys; it is a glow, a brightness - never a list.