And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! And let that wisdom be false to us that brought no laughter with it!

What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.

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 is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face. The way men usually are, it takes a name to make something visible for them.

Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health.

Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life.

Have you noticed there are no interesting people in heaven? -Just a hint to the girls as to where they can find their salvation.