Everything can be borne except contempt.
Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.
May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him
Love truth, and pardon error.