It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

Conviction is the conscience of intellect.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.

Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.

Thought consoles us for all, and heals all. If at times it does you ill, ask it for the remedy for that ill and it will give it to you.

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.

Success makes success, like money makes money.