Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

Shame on the man who goes to his grave escorted by the miserable hopes that have kept him alive.

The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla.

There is not much difference between a mortal man and a dying man. The absurdity of making plans is only slightly more obvious in the second case.

Tolerance cannot seduce the young.

I have decided not to oppose anyone ever again, since I have noticed that I always end by resembling my latest enemy.

I saw that philosophy had no power to make my life more bearable. Thus I lost my belief in philosophy.