In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.

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

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

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

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.

A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.