The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way and acts absolutely consistently in another.

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

The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way and acts absolutely consistently in another.

We remember childhood as the fabulous years of our lives, and nations remember their childhood as fabulous years.

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth