"Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders."

"Maturity consists in having rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play."

"Although the most acute judges of the witches, & even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was nonexistent. It is thus with all guilt."

"One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes."

"Whoever despises himself still respects himself as one who despises."

"It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right."

"Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you."

"To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it. The pains of power are real; its pleasures imaginary."

"This year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people."

"I think I think, therefore, I think I am."

"We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love."

"You can judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing to them or for them."