Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.

The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

Thinkers think and doers do. But until the thinkers do and the doers think, progress will be just another word in the already overburdened vocabulary by sense.