The art of <i>not</i> reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general… - Arthur Schopenhauer

The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public.

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.

Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to become.

Men are like children, in that, if you spoil them, they become naughty. Therefore it is well not to be too indulgent or charitable with anyone. You may take it as a general rule that you will not lose a friend by refusing him a loan, but that you are very likely to do so by granting it; and, for similar reasons, you will not readily alienate people by being somewhat proud and careless in your behavior; but if you are very kind and complaisant towards them, you will often make them arrogant and intolerable, and so a breach will ensue.