Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste. Candide
If virtue promises good fortune and tranquility and happiness, certainly also the progress towards virtue is progress towards each of these things. Discourses
If happiness lay in bodily pleasures, we would call oxen happy when they find vetch to eat. Fragments
"Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary?" Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Quotes