A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

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One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.

Silence is the wit of fools.

It is better to understand little than to understand a lot.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.