I Believe That In Every Circumstance I

It Is Only Through Restraint That Man Can Manage Not To Suppress Himself.

Most Often People Seek In Life Occasions For Persisting In Their Opinions Rather Than For Educating Themselves.

One Should Want Only One Thing And Want It Constantly. Then One Is Sure Of Getting It. But I Desire Everything, And Consequently Get Nothing.

I Can't Expect Others To Share My Virtues. It's Good Enough For Me If They Share My Vices.

No Encounter Occured That Day, And I Was Glad Of It; I Took Out Of My Pocket A Little Homer I Had Not Opened Since Leaving Marseilles, Reread Three Lines Of The Odyssey, Learned Them By Heart; Then, Finding Sufficient Sustenance In Their Rhythm And Reveling In Them At Leisure, I Closed The Book And Remained, Trembling, More Alive Than I Had Thought Possible, My Mind Numb With Happiness.