The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.
I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.
Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench.
Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.