Ideas too are a life and a world.
One should never trust a person who, while assuring you of something, puts his hands on his heart.
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
Too much is unwholesome.
Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.