It is death that is the guide of our life, and our life has no goal but death.

The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind.

Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature.

The dog is the only living being that has found and recognizes an indubitable, tangible and definite god. He knows to whom above him to give himself. He has not to seek for a superior and infinite power.

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.

It is death that is the guide of our life, and our life has no goal but death.

Many a happiness in life, a many a disaster, is due to chance alone; but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.