"There is always something rather absurd about the past"

"Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are."

"To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think."

"Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious."

"Think too much and you know you are nothing. Think just enough and you know you are small, but important to some. That's the best you can do."

"If any man wants to gain a good opinion of his fellow men, he ought to do what I am doing: pester them with letters."

"The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion."

"I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population."

"I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you."

"I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you."

A person who thinks too much only ever thinks about his thoughts

“This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.” 

If you commit to philosophy, be prepared at once to be laughed at and made the butt of many snide remarks.

 “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.

A good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands.

“To be popular one must be a mediocrity."

“The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.” 

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. 

When we have new perception, we shall gladly disburden the memory of its hoarded treasures as old rubbish.

“When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.” 

All art is quite useless.” 

“Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.” 

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that.