One must first be firmly set in oneself, one must stand securely on one's own two legs otherwise one cannot love at all.

Thinking about suicide is a potent consolation: it helps us to get through many a bad night.

There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

We evaluate the services that anyone renders to us according to the value he puts on them, not according to the value they have for us.

As a human being Plato mingles regal, exclusive, and self-contained features with melancholy compassion.

Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.