Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.

Who would venture upon the journey of life, if compelled to begin it at the end?

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality.

Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.

Contempt is the only way to triumph over calumny.

Delicacy is to love what grace is to beauty.