Nothing Excellent Can Be Done Without Leisure.

I Believe That In Every Circumstance I Have Been Able To See Rather Clearly The Most Advantageous Course I Could Follow, Which Is Very Rarely The One I Did Follow.

The Sole Art That Suits Me Is That Which, Rising From Unrest, Tends Toward Serenity.

Most Often People Seek In Life Occasions For Persisting In Their Opinions Rather Than For Educating Themselves.

Man Is Extraordinarily Clever In Preventing Himself From Being Happy; It Would Seem That The Less Able He Is To Endure Misfortune The More Apt He Is To Attach Himself To It.

Enduring Fame Is Promised Only To Those Writers Who Can Offer To Successive Generations A Substance Constantly Renewed; For Every Generation Arrives Upon The Scene With Its Own Particular Hunger.