Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?

Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.

Words express neither objects nor ourselves.

To me the external existence of my soul is proved from my idea of activity. If I work incessantly until my death, nature will give me another form of existence when the present can no longer sustain my spirit.

Don't judge anyone harshly until you yourself have been through his experiences

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always so composed, so full of wisdom, that we are able to take in at once the whole scope of a work according to its merits. Do we not mark in a book passages which seem to have a direct reference to ourselves? Young people especially, who have failed in acquiring a complete cultivation of mind, are roused in a praiseworthy way by brilliant passages.