Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.

A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft.

Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance.

Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to turn into

Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.

The less one, as a result of objective or subjective conditions, has to come into contact with people, the better off one is for it.

Unrest is the mark of existence.