As a general rule, the longer a man's fame is likely to last, the later it will be in coming; for all excellent products require time for their development.

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.

Astrology furnishes a splendid proof of the contemptible subjectivity of men in consequence whereof they refer everything to themselves and from every idea at once go straight back to themselves. Astrology refers the course of celestial bodies to the miserable ego; it also establishes a connection between the comets in heaven and the squabbles and rascalities on earth.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others.