At first we hope too much and later on, not enough.
There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.
The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.
To love is to choose.
Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it!
The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.