All that shimmers on the surface of the world, all that we call interesting, is the fruit of ignorance and inebriation.

All philosophers should end their days at Pythia's feet. There is only one philosophy, that of unique moments.

The limit of every pain is an even greater pain.

Discretion is deadly to genius; ruinous to talent.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.

A self-respecting man is a man without a country. A fatherland is birdlime.