Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them.

We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.

Please do not understand me too quickly.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.

Do not scorn little victories.

What seems different in yourself; that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that's just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life.