The nationalist has a broad hatred and a narrow love.

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

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

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do.