Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.

A noble man is led by woman's gentle words.

The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application.

We are forced to participate in the games of life before we can possibly learn how to use the options in the rules governing them.

What is predestination? Answer: God is more powerful and wiser than we are, therefore he deals with us according to his pleasure.

The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance.

Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.