When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.

Philosophy bakes no bread

Love can only flourish as long as it is free and spontaneous; it tends to be killed by the thought that it is a duty. To say that it is your duty to love so-and-so is the surest way to cause you to hate him or her.

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be promoted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance.