Activity

Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished

As for my frenzy for work, I will compare it to an attack of herpes.

In all weathers, wet or fine, it is my practice to go, towards five o’clock in the evening, to take a turn in the Palais Royal.

If the weather be too cold or too wet, I take shelter in the Regency coffee-house.

Nowhere in the world do they play chess so skilfully as in Paris, and nowhere in Paris as they do at this coffee-house.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

It is better to plan less and do more

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy