When ideas fail, words come in very handy. |
When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they are mistaken. |
When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be. |
When you praise someone you call yourself his equal |
Whenever I hear people talking about liberal ideas, I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions. |
Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is? |
Where there are no women there are no good manners |
Where there is much light, the shadow is deep |
Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on. |
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves |
While man's desires and aspirations stir he cannot choose but err |
Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat. |
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own. |
Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them. |
Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens. |