“Most men employ the first part of life to make the rest miserable.” — Jean de la Bruyère

“My opinion of mankind is founded upon the mournful fact that, so far as I can see, they find within themselves the means of believing in a thousand times as much as there is to believe in, judging by experience.” — Augustus De Morgan

“If you start to take Vienna, take Vienna.” — Napoleon

“It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.” — Thoreau

“Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess.” — Samuel Johnson

“Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.” — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

“In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.” — André Maurois

“If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.” — Socrates