I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.
Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.
Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.
Morality is the fruit of religion: to desire the former without the latter is to desire an orange without an orange-tree.
It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul.