Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet at the same time surpass the one they imitate-which human beings love to do.

Art is the proper task of life.

What really raises one's indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering

To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is designed to quiet no need other than that for working in general.

Pity is extolled as the virtue of prostitutes.

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.

Only individuals have a sense of responsibility.