Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

To live within limits. To want one thing. Or a few things very much and love them dearly. Cling to them, survey them from every angle. Become one with them - that is what makes the poet, the artist, the human being.

Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

A person hears only what they understand.

A man may twist as he pleases, and do what he pleases, but he inevitably comes back to the track to which nature has destined him.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.