He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.
He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
He that wounds himself, even though he has not the right, is not culpable; but if others have wounded him, they are culpable.
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.