A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Not to go to the theater is like making one's toilet without a mirror.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages-stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us.

The beard, being a half-mask, should be forbidden by the police - It is, moreover, as a sexual symbol in the middle of the face, obscene: that is why it pleases women.

Before you take anything away, you must have something better to put in its place.

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is.