“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”

“We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves.”

“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”

“Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.”

“Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. ”

“Almost always we are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring.”

“Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.”