His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
One must not hope to be more than one can be.
Knowledge is boundless,--human capacity, limited.
Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.