Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth..

Anyone whose needs are small seems threatening to the rich, because he's always ready to escape their control..

False modesty is the most decent of all lies..

Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners..

The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed..

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn..

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is..

Men of reason have endured;men of passion have lived..

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list..

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live..

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality..

Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking..

Man reaches each stage of his life as a novice..

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love..

Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind..

Where violence reigns, reason is weak..

It is children only who enjoy the present; their elders either live on the memory of the past or the hope of the future..

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history..

If taking vitamins doesn't keep you healthy enough, try more laughter: The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed..

I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me..

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom..