Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.

Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.

For usually people resist as long as they can to dismiss the fool they harbor in their bosom, they resist to confess a major mistake or to admit a truth that makes them despair.

Moral epochs have their course as well as the seasons. We can no more hold them fast than we can hold sun, moon, and stars. Our faults perpetually return upon us; and herein lies the subtlest difficulty of self-knowledge.

Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.

It is impossible that beauty should ever distinctly appreciate itself.

Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.