One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people.
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.
The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death.
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.