One of the most detestable habits of Lilliputian minds is to find their own littleness in others.

To forget is the great secret of strong creative natures; to forget is the way nature herself who knows no past and who at every hour begins the mysteries of her untiring labors afresh.

But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; never let anyone so much as suspect them, or you're lost. Instead of being the executioner, you'll be the victim. And if you ever fall in love, keep that absolutely secret! Never breathe a word until you're completely sure of the person to whom you open your heart. And to protect that love, even before you feel it, learn to despise the world.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance

Incurable wounds are those inflicted by tongue and eye, by mockery and disdain.

Like most young people, these two attributed to the world their own intelligence and virtues. Youth who knows no failure has no mercy on the faults of other people; but it has also a sublime faith in them.