Quotes

What a man is in himself, what accompanies him when he is alone, what no one can give or take away, is more essential to him than everything he has or what he may be in the eyes of others.

What moves man is the striving to exist; but when his existence is assured, he knows not what to do with it.

The life of every individual, if we survey it as a whole and bring out only its most significant features, is really always a tragedy; but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy.

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

The wise man aims at freedom from pain, not at pleasure.

We let our pleasant days slip by unnoticed; only when bad days come do we wish the others back.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has.

Education is a restraint for the young, a consolation for the old, wealth for the poor and an ornament for the rich.

How can death be evil, when in its presence we are not aware of it?