The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

The confidence which we have in ourselves give birth to much of that, which we have in others.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.

Truth is the foundation and the reason of the perfection of beauty, for of whatever stature a thing may be, it cannot be beautiful-and perfect, unless it be truly what it should be, and possess truly all that it should have.

In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.