Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

He who has art and science also has religion, but those who do not have them better have religion.