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

There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of African slaves in their place.

One can forget everything, everything, only not oneself, one's own being.

It is a curious fact that in bad days we can very vividly recall the good time that is now no more; but that in good days, we have only a very cold and imperfect memory of the bad.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

The present is the only reality and the only certainty.