No wise combatant underestimates their antagonist.

It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.

To become aware in time when young of the advantages of age; to maintain the advantages of youth in old age: both are pure fortune.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression.

All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew.

What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.