I owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus, and Plato.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.

Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.

It is only when a man is alone that he is really free.

alent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see.

Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.