The left-handed are precious; they take places which are inconvenient for the rest.

Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for the extravagant, for the too much, for that which is not good for anything.

What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.

In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

One cannot resist an idea whose time has come.

...mothers are often fondest of the child which has caused them the greatest pain.