Want and boredom are indeed the twin poles of human life.
Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within.
The beard, being a half-mask, should be forbidden by the police - It is, moreover, as a sexual symbol in the middle of the face, obscene: that is why it pleases women.
My body and my will are one.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days, we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.