Better know nothing than half-know many things.

I have been casting shadows all my life without caring about how deeply they stain my soul.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Young people love what is interesting and odd, no matter how true or false it is. More mature minds love what is interesting and odd about truth. Fully mature intellects, finally, love truth, even when it appears plain and simple, boring to the ordinary person; for they have noticed that truth tends to reveal its highest wisdom in the guise of simplicity.

Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?

In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?