One should use common words to say uncommon things

[T]he appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.

The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

The real meaning of persona is a mask, such as actors were accustomed to wear on the ancient stage; and it is quite true that no one shows himself as he is, but wears his mask and plays his part. Indeed, the whole of our social arrangements may be likened to a perpetual comedy; and this is why a man who is worth anything finds society so insipid, while a blockhead is quite at home in it.