If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. |
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. |
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. |
As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself. |
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away. |
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. |
After your death you will be what you were before your birth. |
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. |
The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for. |