Among human beings there is no greater banality than death. Second in order, because it is possible to die without being born, comes birth, and next comes marriage.

If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

Whether in conversation we generally agree or disagree with others is largely a matter of habit: the one tendency makes as much sense as the other.

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.