Yet for all that, there is nothing in me of a founder of a religion--religions are affairs of the rabble; I find it necessary to wash my hands after I have come into contact with religious people.

It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

I am really very, very tired of everything - more than tired.

The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

No power can be maintained when it is only represented by hypocrites.