One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.

Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.

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

If we are out of synch with ourselves, everything is out of synch for us.

Some people spend the day in complaining of a headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.

The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.