Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

He who moves not forward, goes backward.

En helaas hebben huwelijken in het algemeen iets lomps. Ze bederven de tederste verhoudingen, en dat komt toch eigenlijk alleen door de botte zekerheid waarvan ten minste één partij profiteert. Alles is vanzelfsprekend en men lijkt de verbintenis alleen gesloten te hebben opdat beiden hun eigen gang kunnen gaan.

I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strength, happiness and misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

Moreover I hate everything which merely instructs me without increasing or directly quickening my activity.

There is no truer, warmer pleasure in this world than to behold a great soul opening up towards oneself.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.