Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds |
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls |
Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent. |
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit. |
It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it. |
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future. |
Memory always obeys the commands of the heart. |
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. |
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. |
Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way. |
Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors. |
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech. |
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it. |
To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes. |
To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes. |