Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship.
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
