“We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. ”

“Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations.”

“We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.”

“We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.”

“Did we force ourselves on you, or you on us?”

“We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.”

“If we put ourselves in the place of other people, the jealousy and hatred we so often feel about them would disappear, and if we put others in our place, pride and conceit would greatly diminish.”