In magnanimity there is the same amount of egoism as in revenge, but egoism of a different quality.
He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.
I am almost equal to a shadow.
A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.
I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have to think.
And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.