Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.

Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave.

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

Solitude is bearable only with God.

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

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.

Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness.