The moral earth, too, is round! The moral earth, too, has its antipodes! The antipodes, too, have their right to exist! There is still another world to be discovered--and more than one! Set sail, you philosophers!

I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all.

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.

What is bad? -Everything that arises from weakness.

Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession.

Untroubled, scornful, outrageous - that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior.

For the longest time, marriage has had a guilty conscience about itself. Should we believe it?--Yes, we should believe it.