All wanting comes from need, therefore from lack, therefore from suffering.

Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to turn into

Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.

Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Life is neither to be wept over nor to be laughed at but to be understood.