“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

“I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.”

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”

“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”