"If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it."
"A woman should soften but not weaken a man."
"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."
"We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love."
"Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise."
"Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have , so to speak , pawned a part of their narcissism."