We have to be careful that in throwing out the devil, we don't throw out the best part of ourselves.

And as long as you are in any way ashamed before yourself, you do not yet belong with us.

For the purpose of knowledge we must know how to make use of the inward current which draws us towards a thing, and also of the current which after a time draws us away from it.

Woman is essentially unpeaceful, like the cat, however well she may have trained herself to present an appearance of peace.

To one who is accustomed to thinking a lot, every new thought that he hears or reads about immediately appears as a link in a chain.

Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. For the crowd believes that if it cannot see to the bottom of something it must be profound. It is so timid and dislikes going into the water.

Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.