Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.

A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.

What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule, nothing but their own stupid and foolish conduct.

Life is neither to be wept over nor to be laughed at but to be understood.

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.