The secret of happiness is curiosity
He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
The families of our friends are always a disappointment.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?