No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.

Time is that in which all things pass away.

He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

Man shows his character best in trifles.

What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them.

Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.