“ He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won't encounter many rivals. ”
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.
