There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.
I want death to find me planting my cabbages.
The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.
The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.
If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
It is not a mind, it is not a body that we educate, but it is a man, and we must not make two parts of him.
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass.
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.