The love of economy is the root of all virtue.
Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.
The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls.
Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.
Just as I cannot remember any time when I could not read and write, I cannot remember any time when I did not exercise my imagination in daydreams about women.