Arthur schopenhauer

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.
It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look...
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.