There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover.

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others

Impotent hatred is the most horrible of all emotions; one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy.

What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.