I have always paid attention to the merits of my enemies, and found it an advantage.

The little man is still a man.

Well-mannered children could be conceived if the parents were well-mannered.

It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.

Even though the world as a whole progresses, youth must always start again from the beginning, and as individuals go through the epochs of the world's culture.

The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.