Where secrets begin, lies don't last long.
Those with whom we shared the joy we remember with pleasure; and on which we endured the hardships together - tenderly.
What is written without effort is usually read without pleasure.
What cannot be corrected must not be lamented.
Only by risking our honor can we gain honors.
The one whom the author asks what he thinks about his book is subject and not obliged to tell the truth.
He who does not feel pain, does not believe in its existence.
He who underestimates himself, also underestimates others, and thus falls into depression.
I have two very serious reasons for not publishing the list of my subscribers: first, I have lost all the names; and secondly, I lost all my money.
We give exactly as much respect as is demanded of us.
The pleasure that a good interlocutor gives us depends neither on his knowledge nor on his virtues.
Everyone wants to be smart; those who don't succeed go with tricks almost all the time.
A stubborn indifference - here is the last refuge of guilt.
Keeping your own secret is a wise thing, but expecting others to keep it too is a stupid thing.
Quotations from ancient authors are the watchword of learned men the world over.
Man is disposed to complain of the ingratitude of those who have surpassed him.
Man will submit to any power that will free him from the tyranny of pleasure and chance.
Unfortunately, it always seems to man that you pity him too little.
Man would rather have a hundred untruths spoken about him than a single unpleasant truth.
A man who lodges with another for a week turns him into a slave for a week.
The man who does not love himself does not deserve our love either.
The better I know people, the less I expect from them. That's why it's easier now than before to get praise from me.
The fewer faults we have, the more tolerant we are of the faults of others.
Honesty without erudition is weak and meaningless, but erudition without honesty is very dangerous.
What else is human history but a long story of unrealized ideas and unfulfilled hopes?
To strengthen your argument, you need to raise your voice.
I will fight to see the sufferings of the world, because this sight is absolutely necessary for happiness.
I live to write and I write to live.
I wouldn't want to live with a man who lies when he's sober and you have to pour a glass over him to get the truth out of him.
I know of nothing more pleasant and instructive than to compare experience with hope, or to observe the difference between idea and reality.