A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it you can't expect an apostle to look out.
~ G. C. Lichtenberg
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
If moderation is a fault then indifference is a crime.
Every man has his moral backside too which he doesn't expose unnecessarily but keeps covered as long as possible by the trousers of decorum.
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won't encounter many rivals.
