The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.

Live as if you were eternal.

Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.

[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques.

Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.