The vanity of others only goes against our taste when it goes against our vanity.
I gently approach the moment when philosophers and imbeciles share the same fate.
Voltaire
Success makes more enemies than failure.
Ediel
What we know we learn by doing.
Aristotle
If the flame that is within you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of the cold.
François Mauriac
It's easy to be good when you're in love.
Cesare Pavese