Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.