Call me whatever you like; I am who I must be.

Is it not better to fall into the hands of a murderer, than into the dreams of a lustful woman?

Everything good is instinct--and, as a result, easy, necessary, free.

Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.

In order for once to get a glimpse of our European morality from a distance, in order to compare it with other earlier or future moralities, one must do as the traveller who wants to know the height of the towers of a city: he leaves the city.

In the world of high finance the shilling of the idle rich man can buy more than that of the poor, industrious man.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.