The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings.

We only understand that which already within us.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us — by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.

Action is only coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.