“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
“Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.”
“Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!”
“In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.”
“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value to you than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.”
“A word too much always defeats its purpose.”
“Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.”
“Time is that in which all things pass away.”
“Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.”
“No one can transcend their own individuality.”
“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.”
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”
“Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.”
“Style is what gives value and currency to thoughts.”
“The word of man is the most durable of all material.”
“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
“A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.”
“The present is the only reality and the only certainty.”
“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.”
“To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.”
“To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.”
“After your death you will be what you were before your birth.”
“Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.”
“It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.”
“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
“It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.”
“Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.”
“Journalists are like dogs, when ever anything moves they begin to bark.”
“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”
“The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.”