Az bilmek için çok okumak gereklidir.. - Montesquieu

What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.

C'est le destin des héros de se ruiner à conquérir des pays qu'ils perdent soudain, ou à soumettre des nations qu'ils sont obligés eux-mêmes de détruire; comme cet insensé qui se consumait à acheter des statues qu'il jetait dans la mer et des glaces qu'il brisait aussitôt.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.