What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.

If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.

The soul-stirring image of death is no bugbear to the sage, and is looked on without despair by the pious. It teaches the former to live, and it strengthens the hopes of the latter in salvation in the midst of distress. Death is new life to both.

When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.

It is equally a mistake to hold one's self too high, or to rate one's self too cheap.

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.