It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see the stars.

Man's first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.

Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from them. Turning down his mother's breast does not make the weaned child ungrateful. ... Rise up naked, valiant; make the sheaths crack; push aside the stakes; to grow straight you need no more than the thrust of your sap and the call of the sun.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

The important thing is being capable of emotions, but to experience only one's own would be a sorry limitation.

But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.

I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.