Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
Our lives teach us who we are.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.