Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.

Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.

Such is the frailty of man that even where he makes the truest and most forcible impression in the memory, in the heart of his beloved, there also he must perish.

The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.

True happiness springs from moderation.