Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

"Enough" is a feast.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.