La Fortune, pour arriver à moi, passera par les conditions que lui impose mon caractère. - Nicolas Chamfort

If we would please in society, we must be prepared to be taught many things we know already by people who do not know them.

Mám rád samotu. Jsem víc zvyklý na své vady než na cizí.

Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste; some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.