Restlessness is the hallmark of existence.

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

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

In youth it is the outward aspect of things that most engages us; while in age, thought or reflection is the predominating qualityof the mind. Hence, youth is the time for poetry, and age is more inclined to philosophy. In practical affairs it is the same: a man shapes his resolutions in youth more by the impression that the outward world makes upon him; whereas, when he is old, it is thought that determines his actions.

There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.