It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.