Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.

I must consider more closely this cycle of good and bad days which I find coursing within myself. Passion, attachment, the urge to action, inventiveness, performance, order all alternate and keep their orbit; cheerfulness, vigor, energy, flexibility and fatigue, serenity as well as desire. Nothing disturbs the cycle for I lead a simple life, but I must still find the time and order in which I rotate.

When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

To act is easy; to think is hard.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

I have learned much from disease which life could have never taught me anywhere else.