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. |
To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life. |
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. |
Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious. |
Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. |
There is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that. |