If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised
A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.
In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.