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.

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

A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?

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

Will without intellect is the most vulgar and common thing in the world, possessed by every blockhead, who, in the gratification of his passions, shows the stuff of which he is made.

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.

You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.