I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.

The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty.

Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.

The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Evil tongues never want a whet.

Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.

On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).

Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.

A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

Don’t let your society and environment dictate what you do with your time

Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.

We are our own children's "perfect" parents, and within us lie all the simple, yet profound qualities of inner perfection.

He was a thinker, but also a man of action.

With your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs under control, you can have as much as the richest man and be as peaceful as a Buddhist monk . You can experience inner-happiness and euphoric love.

I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.

Search fearlessly for every sin, for out of sin comes joy.

When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states.

If intellect and will are correctly centered, the emotional life takes on harmony.

If you believe you are right, or you believe you are wrong, you're right. Whenever you are certain about it, you will support it. Remember that.