The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

The happy people are those who are producing something.

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

Philosophy means thinking things out for oneself. Ultimately, there can be only one true philosophy, since reason is one and we all live in the same world.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.