O Voltaire! O humanity! O idiocy! There is something ticklish in "the truth," and in the SEARCH for the truth; and if man goes about it too humanely-"il ne cherche le vrai que pour faire le bien"-I wager he finds nothing!

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.

There are ages in which the rational man and the intuitive man stand side by side, the one in fear of intuition, the other with scorn for abstraction. The latter is just as irrational as the former is inartistic.

How little is required for pleasure! The sound of a bagpipe - without music, life would be an error.

And I offer you this parable: Not a few who sought to cast out their devil entered into the swine themselves.

When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent.