He who masters the grey everyday is a hero.

Yet, I didn't understand that she was intentionally disguising her feelings with sarcasm; that was usually the last resort of people who are timid and chaste of heart, whose souls have been coarsely and impudently invaded; and who, until the last moment, refuse to yield out of pride and are afraid to express their own feelings to you.

To think too much is a disease.

Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.

Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.

When reason fails, the devil helps!

It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience.