Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

This world could not exist if it were not so simple. The ground has been tilled a thousand years, yet its powers remain ever the same; a little rain, a little sun, and each spring it grows green again.

He who moves not forward, goes backward.

If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.