It is much easier to meet with error than to find truth; error is on the surface, and can be more easily met with; truth is hid in great depths, the way to seek does not appear to all the world.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

Solitude is fine when you are at peace with yourself and have something definite to do.

Whatever Nature undertakes, she can only accomplish it in a sequence. She never makes a leap.

Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity, correctness. The greatest writer of all times. God's most astonishing creation.

Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.