n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

Age either transfigures or petrifies.

Unattainable wishes are often "pious." This seems to indicate that only profane wishes are fulfilled.

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

Without imagination, there is no goodness, no wisdom.