they may all be drunk at my place, but they're all honest, and though we do lie-because I lie, too-in the end we'll lie our way to the truth

To begin with unlimited freedom is to end with unlimited despotism.

Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.

Man is a pliable animal, a being who gets accustomed to everything!

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.