Nicolas Chamfort

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.

Happiness is not easy to find. It's very difficult to find it in yourself — and impossible to find anywhere else.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness of mind.

In order not to find life unbearable, you must accept two things: the ravages of time and the injustices of man.

Don't you know that we must always have a place where we never go but where we think we'd be happy if we did?

Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.

We ought to be able to combine opposites: the love of goodness with indifference to other people's opinions, a liking for work with indifference to fame, concern for our health with indifference to life.

He who leaves the game wins it.