Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

The less men think, the more they talk.