A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.

Fortunately, we can take in only so much misfortune; what exceeds that limit either destroys us or leaves us indifferent.

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.

Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

Happy contractedness of youth, nay, of mankind in general, that they think neither of the high nor the deep, of the true nor the false, but only of what is suited to their own conceptions.

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