I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.
We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.
It is only God who creates. Man merely rearranges.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.