The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.

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

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

The anxiety we have for the figure we cut, for our personage, is constantly cropping out. We are showing off and are often more concerned with making a display than with living. Whoever feels observed observes himself.