The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.

No one is so eager to gain new experiences as he who doesn't know how to make use of the old ones.

Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.

An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.

Those whom we support hold us up in life.

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

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.