Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more

I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block read more

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

The idea of thanking staff should mean giving them something that they would never buy for themselves.

The idea of thanking staff should mean giving them something that they would never buy for themselves.

It's not failure, but low aim is crime.

It's not failure, but low aim is crime.

Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of read more

Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all
evil on the raft of knowledge. Just as a flaming fire reduces wood to
ashes Argina, so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.