Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.

For a man’s life would become intolerable, if he knew what was going to happen to him. He would be made aware of future evils, and would suffer their agonies in advance, while he would get no joy of present blessings since he would know how they would end. Ignorance is the necessary condition of human happiness, and it has to be admitted that on the whole mankind observes that condition well. We are almost entirely ignorant of ourselves; absolutely of others. In ignorance, we find our bliss; in illusions, our happiness.

There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.

Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.

Good angels are fallible ... they sin every day and fall from Heaven like flies.

We live between two dense clouds; the forgetting of what was and the uncertainty of what will be.

The best sentence? The shortest.