People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

And with his arms crossed he looks pityingly down from his spiritual height on everything that anyone says.

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.

How easy love makes fools of us.

Things are only worth what you make them worth.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.