Contempt for private wrongs was one of the features of ancient morals.
To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap.
The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts.
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
Living requires but little life; doing requires much.
In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.