It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

True love is love that stays constant for ever, whatever it's fortune; whether requited or scored, filled or sent empty away.

Most pioneers are at the mercy of doubt at the beginning, whether of their worth, of their theories, or of the whole enigmatic field in which they labour.

The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.

This is what they all come to who exclusively harp on experience. They do not stop to consider that experience is only one half of experience.