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 force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.

The propriety of some persons seems to consist in having improper thoughts about their neighbors.

Up to a certain point every man is what he thinks he is.

We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.

The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

The one self- knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.