Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.

Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.