When man does not have firm, calm lines on the horizon of his life- mountain and forest lines, as it were- then a man's innermost will becomes agitated, preoccupied, and wistful.

You must be born for your physician, otherwise you are bound to perish because of your physician.

The perfect woman perpetrates literature as she perpetrates a small sin: as an experiment, in passing, glancing around to see whether anybody notices--and to make sure that somebody notices.

Everyone needs a sense of shame, but no one needs to feel ashamed.

The good-they cannot create; they are always the beginning of the end.

Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

There are no facts, only interpretations.