"Every talent must be paid for. One pays for it always, whether one has it or not, with a long and painful struggle."

"To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. There is yet a third case: one must be both — a philosopher."

"But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!"

"Marriage as a long conversation. When marrying you should ask yourself this question: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman into your old age? Everything else in a marriage is …"

"Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings – always darker, emptier, and simpler."