Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing

Everything is hard before it is easy.

Words are mere sound and smoke, dimming the heavenly light.

Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad.

If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.

The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance.

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!