We live merely on the crust or rind of things.
The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of a great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.