The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

The animal lacks both anxiety and hope because its consciousness is restricted to what is clearly evident and thus to the present moment: the animal is the present incarnate.

Every genius is a great child; he gazes out at the world as something strange, a spectacle, and therefore with purely objective interest

A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.