Pity, but never love bestows kind words upon the slave.

I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

History is the zoology of the human race.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

I liked the air I was breathing, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with my head, ” I assured him with a giggle. “Will you kiss me again?” I flirted sweetly.

Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear.

Tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding.

My way of thinking is better than yours.

The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring. In some places, it was burned. There were black crumbs, and pepper, streaked across the redness.

All depends on how determined we are to be successful.

According to the yoga tradition, fear is the source of disease, decay - physical harm, when we're not thriving. And then finally, it's even the cause of death.

Your connections with other people are important, our connection to the earth.