Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

Before one blames, one should always find out whether one cannot excuse. To discover little faults has been always the particularity of such brains that are a …

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

No one can endure his own solitude.

Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now? Since passion may not fire thee Shall Nature cease to bow? Thy mind is ever moving In regions dark t…

After all, human beings are like that. When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone.