I do not mean to moralise but to those who do, I would give this advice : if you mean ultimately to deprive the best things and states of all all honour and worth then continue to talk about them as you have been doing!

Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgement.

Those you cannot teach to fly, teach to fall faster.

Laughter means: taking a mischievous delight in someone else's uneasiness, but with a good conscience.

The poison by which the weaker nature is destroyed is strengthening to the strong individual and he does not call it poison.

Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes ever harder, the coldness increases, responsibility increases.