“Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.”
“Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.”
“Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.”
“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.”
“Who doesn't know anything, has to believe everything.”
“Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.”