There is no work of art that is without short cuts.

Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.

The public always prefers to be reassured. There are those whose job this is. There are only too many.

The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.

An experience teaches only the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.