It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.
Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
One promises much, to avoid giving little.
There are men who are happy without knowing it.
We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.