Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.

I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices.

The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? Nothing, except what prepares and then what destroys it.

It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life.

Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.

Do not scorn little victories.