It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.

Power is neither male nor female.

Is not the core of nature in the heart of man?

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Can a sparrow know how a stork feels?

We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.