The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

I think, therefore I am.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

One new feature or fresh take can change everything.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.