The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.
When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you.
Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.
The true masters of the art of living are already happy.
Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.