At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.

It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.

Slander is the balm of malignity.

One must not hope to be more than one can be.

Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.

Men of reason have endured;men of passion have lived.