The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

Schopenhauer has analysed the pessimism that characterize modern thought, but Hamlet invented it

Only the unimaginative can fail to find a reason for drinking Champagne

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.

Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.