The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
God creates men, but they choose each other.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.