Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
From Nicolas Chamfort
Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.
There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.
The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.
There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.
One must not hope to be more than one can be.
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