If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
I don't believe in intuition. When you get sudden flashes of perception, it is just the brain working faster than usual. But you've been getting ready to know it for a long time, and when it comes, you feel you've known it always.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.