The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. |
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes. |
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. |
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. |
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. |
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. |
Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. |
A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. |
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. |
Experience is the name we give to our mistakes. |