Up to a certain point every man is what he thinks he is.
The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.
The cost of a thing is what I call life which has to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Few people would not be the worse for complete sincerity.
There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
I can myself conceive of nothing else than the experienced.