Men do not so much hate an evil-doer, or evil itself, as they hate the man who calls evil by its real name.

Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never stops believing that, through some singular exception of the universal rule, he can in some unknown and inexplicable way still make an impression on women.

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt.

Boredom is the most sublime of all human emotions because it expresses the fact that the human spirit, in a certain sense, is greater than the entire universe. Boredom is an expression of a profound despair at not finding anything that can satisfy the soul's boundless needs.