In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.

Honour is external conscience, and conscience is inward honour.

To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

The young should early be trained to bear being left alone; for it is a source of happiness and peace of mind.

If at times I have thought myself unfortunate, it is because of a confusion, an error. I have mistaken myself for someone else... Who am I really? I am the author of The World as Will and Representation, I am the one who has given an answer to the mystery of Being that will occupy the thinkers of future centuries. That is what I am, and who can dispute it in the years of life that still remain for me?

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.