... truth ... carries authority with it; while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion; the more they attempt to show themselves, the more they are entangled.

I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it.

It is thus that we walk through the world like the blind, not knowing whither we are going, regarding as bad what is good, regarding as good what is bad, and ever in entire ignorance.

We like no noise unless we make it ourselves.

... truth ... carries authority with it; while falsehood and lies skulk under a load of words, without having the power of persuasion; the more they attempt to show themselves, the more they are entangled.

In all nations truth is the most sublime, the most simple, the most difficult, and yet the most natural thing.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.