Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

Truth is most beautiful undraped.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule, nothing but their own stupid and foolish conduct.

Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.

It is most important to allow the brain the full measure of sleep which is required to restore it; for sleep is to a man's whole nature what winding up is to a clock.

Life is a task to be done. It is a fine thing to say defunctus est; it means that the man has done his task.