Those who think a lot don't always make the best decisions.
Who knows himself and the power of his limits?
Should the brave path only belong to the brave?
Only time will tell you what you have gained, what you have done wrong and what you have succeeded in.
He who desires the impossible is dear to me.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real one, confusing the real with the ideal never goes unpunished. People throughout the ages have preferred twilight to clear days, but it is precisely in twilight that ghosts appear.
The mass of men are united only by their prejudices and stirred only by their passions, and this often darkens and disturbs a noble purpose. But despite this, everyone gets excellent results, if not on the spot, then in the future, if not immediately, then in the form of the final result.
We are never further from our desires than when we seem to have mastered what we desire.
Thinking is a retort! You have to wait until your conscience has matured. Darkness, on the sides! Before you create, devote yourself to science entirely.
The greatest difficulties arise where we least expect them.
It cultivates not the illusion of what men might be, but the knowledge of what they really were and are.
Not everything that an exceptional craftsman does is done in an exceptional way.
Craft just isn't enough: the hand and the eyes... The brain is the most important.
Ingratitude is the result of weakness.
Hate is an active feeling of dissatisfaction; envy is a passive feeling. Therefore, do not be surprised if envy quickly turns into hatred.
There is no folly that cannot be corrected by reason, and there is no wisdom that cannot be affected by folly.
No, I don't think that nature is beautiful in all its manifestations. Aspirations are always good, but the conditions of their manifestation do not always help them to show themselves fully.
No one from above foretold that man's actions or his sufferings could ennoble him.
No activity, which must last a long time and even become a vocation and a way of life, should not be started through a celebration. Celebrate only what has been successfully completed; either of the inaugural events exhausts the desire and strength which should stimulate and accompany us in our further endeavours. Of all the celebrations, that of marriage is also the most appropriate, since it, more than any other celebration, must be spent in silence, humility and hope.
By treating our fellow men as they deserve, we only cause them more harm. By treating them as if they are better than they really are, we give them reasons to become better.
There is only one unhappiness for man...when he is obsessed with an idea that has no bearing on real life or that distracts him from work.
Courage can neither be taught nor unlearned.
The characteristic property of man is the desire to start all over again...
The first love of innocent youth is always directed towards the sublime. Nature seems to want one of the sexes to notice the goodness and beauty in the other.
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone reflects their own face.
Man's need to confess will never perish.
People stop noticing the rainbow if it lasts a quarter of an hour.
The most ridiculous desire is to be liked by everyone.
Acting among the small, you diminish, and among the great, you enrich.
The weaknesses of distinguished men are especially striking, but how much we wish they were free from them.