If man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

Nothing tells more about the character of a man than the things he makes fun of.

People can only live with their equals, and not even with them; for in the long run they cannot tolerate that someone is their equal.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

How can we learn self-knowledge? Never by taking thought but rather by action. Try to do your duty and you'll soon discover what you're like.

If you call a thing bad you do little, if you call a thing good you do much