The rising and falling of the scales of pride and humility sustain the brooding mind as well as the alternations of desire and peace of the soul.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

We grow hostile to many an artist or writer, not because we finally come to see he has deceived us, but because he thought no subtler means were required to ensnare us.

The danger in happiness - "Now everything is turning out right for me; from now on i'll love every turn of fate - Who wants to be my fate?

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

A real fox calls sour not only those grapes that he cannot reach but also those that he has reached and taken away from others.

Every extension of knowledge arises from making the conscious the unconscious.