[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable than altogether insignificant.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.

Our passions are true phoenixes; as the old burn out the new straight rise up from the ashes.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.

The errors of the observer come from the qualities of the human mind.