The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.