Inexperienced girls flatter themselves with the notion that it is in their power to make a man happy.

Just as soon as we notice that someone has to force himself to pay attention when dealing and talking with us, we have a valid demonstration that he does not love us or that he does not love us anymore.

Once we have found ourselves, we must understand how from time to time to lose--and then to find--ourselves once again: assuming,that is, that we are thinkers. For a thinker it is a drawback to be bound to a single person all the time.

With regard to philosophical metaphysics, I always see increasing numbers who have attained to the negative goal, but as yet few who climb a few rungs backwards; one ought to look out, perhaps, over the last steps of the ladder, but not try to stand upon them.

The man who does not wish to be one of the mass only needs to cease to be easy on himself.

Those things for which we find words, are things we have already overcome.

The higher its type, the more rarely a thing succeeds.