Business is a combination of war and sport.
Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.
Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.