Art is the great stimulus to life.

The poison by which the weaker nature is destroyed is strengthening to the strong individual and he does not call it poison.

We fear our neighbor's hostile mood because we are afraid that this mood will lead him to penetrate our secrets.

It is not when it is dangerous to tell the truth that its advocates are hardest to find, but when it is boring.

...one can speak with the utmost clearness, and yet not be heard by anyone.

In the true man there is a child concealed who wants to play.

Men should learn to live with the same seriousness with which children play.