Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

Author: Aldous Huxley

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A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one - it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self.

The proper study of mankind is books.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.

True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”