Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.
I have described religion as the metaphysics of the people.
A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
Wealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous
We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages-stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us.