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

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name

All the cruelty and torment of which the world is full is in fact merely the necessary result of the totality of the forms under which the will to live is objectified.

If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.

Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.

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

Man shows his character best in trifles.