The coward only threatens when he is safe.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

Every beginning is cheerful.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

Once you have missed the first buttonhole, you'll never manage to button up.

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down