I love him whose soul is so overfull that he forgetteth himself, and all things are in him: thus all things become his down-going.

He who denies himself much in great matters will readily indulge himself in small things.

Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice.

The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life.

One who is always deeply involved in what he is doing is above all embarrassment.

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

The living is a species of the dead; and not a very attractive one.