There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.
Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.