We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.