To see others suffer does one good, to make others suffer even more: this is a hard saying but an ancient, mighty, human, all-too-human principle [....] Without cruelty there is no festival.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.

Convictions are prisons.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue.

If married couples did not live together, happy marriages would be more frequent.

I and me are always too deeply in conversation.