"He who has much to proclaim one day, stays silently much immersed within himself: he who has to kindle the lightning one day, must for a long time--be a cloud."

"In a friend one should have ones best enemy. You should be closest to him with your heart when you resist him."

"Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself."

"What does not kill me, makes me stronger."

"When virtue has slept, she will get up more refreshed."

"Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual."

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it."

"I decided long ago never to walk in anyonea€?s shadow. If I fail, if I succeed, at least Ia€?ll live as I believe."

"I am as vulnerable and fragile as it is possible to be. I am shredded to the core. I am at the point where I am stripped bare."

"Some people make things happen, some watch while things happen, and some wonder 'What happened?'"

"There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain."

"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference."