The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.
A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
Two souls dwell, alas! in my breast.
To be sure, we have inherited abilities, but our development we owe to thousands of influences coming from the world around us from which we appropriate what we can and what is suitable to us.