In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.

Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.

Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death.

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.