Reality

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong way

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly

Beauty is not caused. It is

To describe happiness is to diminish it

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home

A mother who is really a mother is never free

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity

Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realising it

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: The bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities

But facts are facts and flinch not

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth

We come too late to say anything which has not been said already