Want and boredom are indeed the twin poles of human life.
Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to turn into
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
[T]he appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres.
Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.
Many books serve merely to show how many ways there are of being wrong, and how far astray you yourself would go if you followed their guidance. You should read only when your own thoughts dry up.