Borrowed wit is the poorest wit.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.

I have to serve with all my might.

I believe God intervenes in the lives of every one of us. He speaks to us in different ways and at different times so that we may know he is the author of our very personality.

Know when to push, pull or hold your followers, lest you push them while they are on the edge of a cliff

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it even if bad to a classic.

Man adapts himself to everything, to the best and the worst.

I'll never be a weightlifter.

Youth instinctively understand the present environment - the electric drama. It lives mythically and in depth.

I waited for a long time and there was nothing but the pain of wanting something I couldn't seem to find.

You have to get to the worst to get better.