Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.

Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

In this world, all power rests upon force.