An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience.
The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.
There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
His mind is so open - so open that ideas simply pass through it.