“History never repeats itself. Man always does.”

Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.

I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.

Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.

Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.