Very few people love others for what they are; rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious.

We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

The beginning of faith is the beginning of fruitfulness; but the beginning of unbelief, however glittering, is empty.