It's a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is insolence, and belief in human power is impiety

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible

The conception of purpose is a natural one to apply to a human artificer. A man who desires a house cannot, except in the Arabian Nights, have it rise before him as a result of his mere wish; time and labor must be expended before his wish can be gra

The frequency with which a man experiences lust depends upon his own physical condition, whereas the occasion which rouse such feelings in him depend upon the social conventions to which he is accustomed