At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.

Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like.

The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

All through life a man has need of a counsellor and guide.

The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.

Universal silence is taken to imply the consent of the people.