Under peaceful conditions a warlike man sets upon himself.

He who obeys, does not listen to himself!

Compassion for the friend should conceal itself under a hard shell.

Whoever possesses abundant joy must be a good man: but he is probably not the cleverest man, although he achieves exactly what it is that the cleverest man strives with all his cleverness to achieve.

To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is designed to quiet no need other than that for working in general.

Beware in the presence of cats: they never give, they do not even retaliate--they only reply, and purr in doing so.

I have forgotten my umbrella.