“To be agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.”
“Men must be taught as if you taught them not,And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.”
“We laughed at the same things, and we liked the same things. What more is needed for agreeable society?”
“You shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: you must be proud of your foes. Thus have I already taught.”
“You must remember how to dream what you already know.”
“And you must be indulgent with the answer, which will perhaps often leave you empty-handed; for ultimately, and precisely in the deepest and most important matters, we are unspeakably alone; and many things must happen, many things must go right, a whole constellation of events must be fulfilled, for one human being to successfully advise or help another.”