Ah, if we only knew how many bad mouths there are in the world and how much sadness there is in it!
The troubles of this world are but a passing dew, and the soul need not care for them; let us not be sorry after our efforts to join the blameless.
It is easy to point out the faults of others, but it is difficult to restrain yourself. He who forgets this and exalts himself, disregards some, slanders others, only shows his own smallness.
For every trifle there is a proper place and time.
If a man is good at something, he is bad at something else. It is unbecoming for a young woman to be extremely serious, and for women in high positions to indulge in coercion.
Everyone is made up in their own way and there is no man who is an absolute villain. There is no such thing that gathers in itself all the qualities: beauty, restraint, mind, taste and fidelity. Everyone is good in their own way and it's hard to say who is really better.
How strange it is that trifles suddenly spring into our memory, and what once concerned us is forgotten with the passing of years.
Really good people at heart think and care even for those who hate them. But how hard it is to get here.
Usually, people judge only by their own criteria, and others don't even consider them.
The heart changes so quickly that you don't even notice.
When delicate verses are poured out, vanity has no place.
He who loses his temper and hurts others is worthy of ridicule.
It's hard to find a man who really understands you.
It is not rational to judge one's thoughts and understanding by another's thoughts and understanding
Prosperity always makes fools arrogant, and a peaceful and carefree home weakens the spirit's strength and directs it to trivial temptations.
The good consists even in the fact that no one does good, if what he does does not correspond to any divine command.
If something in a book amazes us and seems absurd to us, let's not rush to say: "The author of this book is far from the truth." It is more correct and proper to admit that an inaccuracy crept into the writing, or that the interpreter made a mistake, or that we ourselves did not fully understand what we read.
If, after studying the doctrines of the philosophers, we begin to judge their lives, we shall discover what is the rule of true religion. Like the apostles, they were able to give up everything. Who compares with Diogenes in contempt of the world?
There is the king without exception, for example: in any philosophical discussion, authority takes the last place or is not taken into account at all.
Logic took me away from the world.
It is fitting that the truth should be kept secret to protect it from vulgarization.
Not the opinion of men, but the arguments of reason - here is the universal formula for the search for truth.
You don't have to believe in something you don't understand first.
Today's schools are useless if we judge them by results. Only the science of storing nonsense is taught, as if it is more important for the sheep to bleat than to feed.
If we make the attempt to prove that some and the same words are used by different authors in different senses, we shall easily find the solution of many contradictions.
It is more appropriate to rely not on meticulous work, but on reason.
I was familiar with the study of philosophy almost from infancy.
Do not swear unless you have to, but once you have sworn and kissed the cross, keep your oath. Be not proud, for we are all mortal: alive today, and tomorrow in the grave. In your house do not rely on servants, so that those who cross your threshold do not laugh at your house and your table. Call the watch yourselves, and do not go to bed at night unless the watch is in its place. When you go to bed, don't leave your gun far from you. Wherever you go, do not let your servants oppress those who live in the places you will pass through. On the contrary, wherever you stop, give drink and food to those who ask you. Respect your guests and messengers. If you cannot honor them with gifts, feast them with food and drink. The guests spread the word about the man over the whole earth and make a good or bad reputation. Visit the sick one. Bow down to the bones of the dead, for we are all mortal. Don't walk past someone without saying hello or saying a kind word. Love your wives, but do not give them power over you. Laziness is the mother of all vices. Do not be lazy in doing good, and above all, do not be lazy towards the church. Don't let the sun catch you while you sleep. As you have seen the sun, glorify God, or gather for counsel, or judge men, or go hunting.
In life, drunkenness is more precious than all, The song of the tender chest is more precious than all, The joy of free thought is more precious than all, Forgetting everything that is forbidden is more precious than all.
Border on the field. A spring. Spring is around. And a girl pours wine into your cup - half. What a precious moment! But as your thought flees to eternity, it has disappeared: it has shattered into pieces.