Coexistence, living together Quotes

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do

The Public is a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility

And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

I could never hate anyone I knew

Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony; but organically I am incapable of a tune

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing

Men still have to be governed by deception

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals

It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it

Ambition and suspicion always go together

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad