We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

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

When intelligent and sensible people despise knowledge in their old age, it is only because they have asked too much of it and of themselves.

When married one has to get into an argument once in a while since in this way one learns about the other.

I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.