“Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers”
Arthur Helps
“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.”
Ambrose Bierce
“The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.”
Denis Diderot
“It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.”
Theophile Gautier
“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the Philosophers-Stone”
Benjamin Franklin
“I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead.”
“Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.”
Albert Einstein