If at any moment Time stays his hand, it is only when we are delivered over to the miseries of boredom.

Genius is to other gifts what the carbuncle is to the precious stones. It sends forth its own light, whereas other stones only reflect borrowed light.

Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

I love looking at famous people. Because of the way they look. Because of the way photography makes them look famous.

Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.

The less one, as a result of objective or subjective conditions, has to come into contact with people, the better off one is for it.