Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.

The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.

... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.

The world always looks straights ahead; as for me, I turn my gaze inward, I fix it there and keep it busy. Everyone looks in front of him: as for me, I look inside me: I have no business but with myself; I continually observe myself, I take stock of myself, I taste myself. Others...they always go forward; as for me, I roll about in myself.

We are all of us richer than we think we are; but we are taught to borrow and to beg, and brought up more to make use of what is another's than of our own.