At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin. My soul was born covered with wrinkles. Wrinkles my ancestors and parents most assiduously put there and that I had the greatest trouble removing.

The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.

Don't think that your truth could be found by someone else.

Prejudices are the props of civilization.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.