Boredom is desire seeking desire.

I'd rather end up wishing I hadn’t than end up wishing I had.

When joy disappears, look for your mistake

Regard the society of women as a necessary unpleasantness of social life, and avoid it as much as possible.

To abolish war it is necessary to abolish patriotism, and to abolish patriotism it is necessary first to understand that it is an evil. Tell people that patriotism is bad and most will reply, 'Yes, bad patriotism is bad, but mine is good patriotism.'

It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.

Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.