“Size kimin hükmettiğini öğrenmek istiyorsanız, sadece kimi eleştirme izniniz olmadığını bulun.”

“What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?”

“We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one”

“Only your friends steal your books.”

“Clearly,” I said, “we should choose not to have good sense, if that good sense contributes to our misery.” Everyone agreed with me, and yet I found no one who wanted to accept the bargain of becoming ignorant in order to become content. From this I concluded that though we greatly value happiness, we place even greater value on reason.But yet, upon reflection, it seems that to prefer reason to happiness is to be quite insane.”

“Por isso, vos aconselho a que vos distraiais, convidai cada passageiro a contar a sua história; mas se encontrar um só que nunca tenha amaldiçoado a vida e que nunca tenha dito para si mesmo que era o mais infeliz dos homens, deitem-me ao mar de cabeça para baixo!”

“L'homme n'est fait pas pour travailler, la preuve c'est que cela le fatigue.”