The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends.
Is it not better to remain in suspense than to entangle yourself in the many errors that the human fancy has produced? Is it not better to suspend your convictions than to get mixed up in these seditious and quarrelsome divisions?
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe.
The only thing certain is nothing is certain.
Only the fools are certain and assured.
Don't be afraid to say what you are not afraid to think
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.
We must learn to endure what we cannot avoid. Our life is composed, like the harmony of the world, of contrary things, also of different tones, sweet and harsh, sharp and flat, soft and loud. If a musician liked only one kind, what would he have to say?
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
All of the days go toward death and the last one arrives there.
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