Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.
There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.
Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.
Every man has within himself the entire human condition
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.
As soon as women become ours we are no longer theirs.
A man must become wise at his own expense.
It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For it is a healthy love that will risk wounding or offending in order to profer a benefit.
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
I would rather be old for a shorter time than be old before my time.
Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?
When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.
The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
Every movement reveals us.
Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men.
The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.
If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar said to be certain. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand faces and an infinite field.
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.
Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. If I were pressed to say why I loved him, I feel that my only reply could be: Because it was he, because it was I.
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.
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