Poets Are Shameless With Their Experiences: They

All Philosophers Make The Common Mistake Of Taking Contemporary Man As Their Starting Point And Of Trying, Through An Analysis Of Him, To[21] Reach A Conclusion. "man" Involuntarily Presents Himself To Them As An Aeterna Veritas As A Passive Element In Every Hurly-burly, As A Fixed Standard Of Things. Yet Everything Uttered By The Philosopher On The Subject Of Man Is, In The Last Resort, Nothing More Than A Piece Of Testimony Concerning Man During A Very Limited Period Of Time.

Conversation With A Friend Will Only Bear Good Fruit Of Knowledge When Both Think Only Of The Matter Under Consideration And Forget That They Are Friends.

When Marrying, Ask Yourself This Question: Do You Believe That You Will Be Able To Converse Well With This Person Into Your Old Age? Everything Else In Marriage Is Transitory.

They Muddy The Water, To Make It Seem Deep.

It Is Not To Everyone's Taste That Truth Should Be Pronounced Pleasant. But At Least Let No One Believe That Error Becomes Truth When It Is Pronounced Unpleasant.