But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor.

Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

Your destiny is that of a man, your vows those of a god.

You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.