Pleasure Itself Is Painful At The Bottom.

It Takes Strong Ears Indeed To Hear Ourselves Judged Frankly, And Because There Are Few Who Can Endure Criticism Without Being Stung By It, Those Who Venture To Criticize Us Perform A Remarkable Act Of Friendship. For It Is A Healthy Love That Will Risk Wounding Or Offending In Order To Profer A Benefit.

If There Is Such A Thing As A Good Marriage, It Is Because It Resembles Friendship Rather Than Love.

To Philosophize Is To Learn To Die.

There Are Few Things On Which We Can Pass A Sincere Judgement, Because There Are Few Things In Which We Have Not, In One Way Or Another, A Particular Interest.

Taking It All In All, I Find It Is More Trouble To Watch After Money Than To Get It.