Fortunately, we can take in only so much misfortune; what exceeds that limit either destroys us or leaves us indifferent.

What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.

Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!

Every decided colour does a certain violence to the eye, and forces the organ to opposition.