Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source of that praise.

Man is almost always as wicked as his needs require.

The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched.