There is no solitude more dreadful for a stranger, an isolated man, than a great city; so many thousands of men and not one friend.

To regard the excesses of the passions as maladies has so salutary an effect that this idea renders all moral sermons useless.

He who has lost confidence can lose nothing more.

Ако не винаги имаме сили да изпълним дадено обещание, в наша власт е да не го даваме.

Ищите людей, разговор с которыми стоил бы хорошей книги, и книг, чтение которых стоило бы разговора с философом.

The great would not think themselves demigods if the little did not worship them.

One who has lost confidence can lose nothing more.

Honor women! They strew celestial roses on the pathway of our terrestrial life.