It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.

A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.

It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.