There is only one class of men, the privileged class

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

I always found misogyny vulgar and stupid, and I found almost all the women I have known to be my betters. However, placing them so high, I used them more often than I served them. How does one make sense of this?

His own faith, however, was not lacking in virtues since it consisted in acknowledging obscurely that he would be granted much without ever deserving anything.

Life can be magnificent and overwhelming -- that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.

...Any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things.