Everything transitory is but an image.

Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

We should treat children as God does us, who makes us happiest when He leaves us under the influence of innocent delusions.

The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.

One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.

For the butterfly, mating and propagation involve the sacrifice of life, for the human being, the sacrifice of beauty.