Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside$$$ they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- ah! -- there is the sting of life.

I drink to separate my body from my soul.

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.

Disobedience$$$ in the eyes of any one who has read history$$$ is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made$$$ through disobedience and through rebellion.

I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things$$$ but he is not rational.

Only the shallow know themselves.

People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing$$$ and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

I have no objection to anyone's sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses.