It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.

Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.

There's a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.

The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dice box in hand, shaking the dice.

There comes a moment during which almost every girl or boy falls into melancholy; they are tormented by a vague inquietude which rests on everything and finds nothing to calm it. They seek solitude; they weep; the silence to be found in cloister attracts them: the image of peace that seems to reign in religious houses seduces them. They mistake the first manifestations of a developing sexual nature for the voice of God calling them to Himself; and it is precisely when nature is inciting them that they embrace a fashion of life contrary to nature's wish.

The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.

I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.