Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Most people are boring and stupid.
Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.
When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always interesting.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.