A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
The lack of wealth is easily repaired but the poverty of the soul is irreplaceable.
It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.
We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
We need to interpret interpretations more than to interpret things.
A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.
There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.
In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.
No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends.
Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
No pleasure is fully delightful without communications, and no delight absolute except imparted.
In plain Truth, it is no Want, but rather Abundance that creates Avarice.
The good opinion of the vulgar is injurious.
A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.
Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
Happiness involves working toward meaningful goals.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not the things themselves.
Don't discuss yourself, for you are bound to lose; if you belittle yourself, you are believed; if you praise yourself, you are disbelieved.
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