Henri-Frédéric AmielSwiss philosopher, poet and criticist |
Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
Learn to [...] be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Do not abandon yourself altogether either to instinct or to will. Instinct is a siren, will a despot.