It is a human tendency "to measure truth and error by our capacity."
To die is not to play a part in society; it is the act of a single person. Let us live and laugh among our friends; let us die and sulk among strangers.
I walk firmer and more secure uphill than down.
To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death.
No spiritual mind remains within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its own strength.
To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.