Anyone Whose Needs Are Small

The Philosopher Who Would Fain Extinguish His Passions Resembles The Chemist Who Would Like To Let His Furnace Go Out.

Vain Is Equivalent To Empty; Thus Vanity Is So Miserable A Thing, That One Cannot Give It A Worse Name Than Its Own. It Proclaims Itself For What It Is.

Obscurity And Innocence, Twin Sisters, Escape Temptations Which Would Pierce Their Gossamer Armor, In Contact With The World.

The Best Philosophical Attitude To Adopt Towards The World Is A Union Of The Sarcasm Of Gaiety With The Indulgence Of Contempt.

All Passions Are Exaggerated, Otherwise They Would Not Be Passions.