Yes, life is a woman!

Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.

Envy and jealousy are the private parts of the human soul. Perhaps the comparison can be extended.

Light for some time to come will have to be called darkness.

One must separate from anything that forces one to repeat No again and again.

The love of power is the demon of mankind.

Mediocrity is the most effective mask a superior spirit can wear, because to the great majority, which is to say, to the mediocre,it will not suggest a disguise:--and yet it is precisely for their sake that he puts it on--so as not to arouse them, and, indeed, not infrequently to avoid this out of pity and benevolence.