When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which in no way correspond to our real thoughts.

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

The happiness of man is: I will. The happiness of woman is: he wills.

The golden fleece of self-sufficiency guards against cudgel- blows but not against pin-pricks.

Free will without fate is no more conceivable than spirit without matter, good without evil.

Every past is worth condemning.