A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

One man is more concerned with the impression he makes on the rest of mankind, another with the impression the rest of mankind makes on him.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.