The thing I fear most is fear.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.