Speaking is a beautiful folly; with that man dances over all things.

Let old ones go. Dont be a memory-monger! Once you were young──now you are even younger.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

A sure way to irritate people and to put evil thoughts into their heads is to keep them waiting a long time. This makes them immoral.

He who bestows something great receives no gratitude; for in accepting it the recipient has already been weighed down too much.

Your only problem, perhaps, is that you scream without letting yourself cry.

It is not when it is dangerous to tell the truth that its advocates are hardest to find, but when it is boring.