We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic.
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extrordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.