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

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

Only the soul that loves is happy

two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.

The misery that oppresses you lies not in your profession but in yourself! What man in the world would not find his situation intolerable if he chooses a craft, an art, indeed any form of life, without experiencing an inner calling? Whoever is born with a talent, or to a talent, must surely find in that the most pleasing of occupations! Everything on this earth has its difficult sides! Only some inner drive - pleasure, love - can help us overcome obstacles, prepare a path, and lift as out of the narrow circle in which others tread out their anguished, miserable existences!

Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.

Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.