“Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.”

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

A man that runs away may fight again.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Art is man’s refuge from adversity.

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

The workman still is greater than his work.

Fear is the mother of all gods … Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.

This coming and going of the inner life – because this is what it is – is a curse and a blessing.

I think that I am among the few lucky ones who are exploiting complexity.

Confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

You will stir up the hornets.

. It has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.

He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.