Love, A Pleasant Folly; Ambition,

In Great Matters, Men Behave As They Are Expected To; In Little Ones, As They Would Naturally

There Aren't Many Benefactors Who Don't Say, Like Satan: All These Things Will I Give You If You Bow Down And Worship Me.

I Only Study The Things I Like; I Apply My Mind Only To Matters That Interest Me. They'll Be Useful-or Useless-to Me Or To Others In Due Course, I'll Be Given-or Not Given-the Opportunity Of Benefiting From What I've Learned. In Any Case, I'll Have Enjoyed The Inestimable Advantage Of Doing Things I Like Doing And Following My Own Inclinations.

It Is With Happiness As With Watches: The Less Complicated, The Less Easily Deranged.

Whoever Is Not A Misanthrope At Forty Can Never Have Loved Mankind.