People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least.

A man is never more serious than when he praise himself.

There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself.

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

In the world we live in, one fool makes many fools, but one sage only a few sages.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.