Sorrow makes us very good or very bad.
The publication of a book only brings very paltry results to its author.
Experience is always a trustworthy guide; it may not tell you everything, but it never lies.
Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life is only beginning. I think that is the only way to keep adding to one's talent, and one's inner happiness.
fretting at trouble only doubles it.
Vanity is the quicksand of reason.