Every new born being indeed comes fresh and blithe into the new existence, and enjoys it as a free gift: but there is, and can be, nothing freely given. It's fresh existence is paid for by the old age and death of a worn out existence which has perished, but which contained the indestructible seed out of which the new existence has arisen: they are one being.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

Human existence is an error...it is bad today and every day it gets worse, until the worst happens.

Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.