We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age.
A burnt child loves the fire.
A mask tells us more than a face.
I'm too old to know everything
It was the passions about whose origin we deceived ourselves that tyrannized most strongly over us.