We ought to learn from the kine one thing: ruminating.

One should never know too precisely whom one has married

Happiness is a fata morgana. the only way to not end up unhappy is to not long for happiness.

no one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualities-his rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities.

What is the task of higher education? To make a man into a machine. What are the means employed? He is taught how to suffer being bored.