Love and hatred are not blind, but are blinded by the fire they bear within themselves.

People who comprehend a thing to its very depths rarely stay faithful to it forever. For they have brought its depths into the light of day: and in the depths there is always much that is unpleasant to see.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not be polite to show one's wit.

What does it matter whether I am shown to be right! I am right too much!--And he who laughs best today will also laugh last.

What someone is, begins to be revealed when his talent abates, when he stops showing us what he can do.

That God became man indicates only this: that man should not seek his salvation in eternity, but rather establish his heaven on earth.