Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing.

Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man

Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.

Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

I believe that before anything else I'm a human being -- just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them.

What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?