Man is almost always as wicked as his needs require.

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

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

The artisan or scientist or the follower of whatever discipline who has the habit of comparing himself not with other followers but with the discipline itself will have a lower opinion of himself, the more excellent he is.

Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched.

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source of that praise.