Too much pleasure disagrees with us. Too many concords are annoying in music; too many benefits irritate us; we wish to have the wherewithal to overpay our debts.
In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.
Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.
All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.
It is not certain that everything is uncertain.
All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.