I have no use for knowledge that has not been preceded by a sensation

Long only for what you have.

I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.

They establish distinctions and reserves which I cannot apply to myself, for I exist only as a whole; my only claim is to be natural, and the pleasure I feel in an action, I take as a sign that I ought to do it.

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.

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