If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how three-quarters of his energy and goodwill can be paralyzed and made unfruitful by it, one has to be very grateful to fashion

Sleep is no mean art.

He has drawn back, only in order to have enough room for his leap

The scaffolding must be removed once the house is built.

The value of a man can only be measured with regard to other men.

Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood.

The familiarity of superiors embitters one, because it may not be returned.