“In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.”

“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”

“If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.”

“There are few things we should keenly desire if we really knew what we wanted.”

“In love we often doubt what we most believe.”

“We would often be ashamed of our best actions if the world only knew the motives behind them.”

“The defects of the mind arelike the wounds of the body. Whatever care we take to heal them the scars ever remain, and there is always danger of their reopening.”