The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.

What doesn't kill you make you stronger.

Narrow souls I cannot abide; There's almost no good or evil inside

Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. To win over certain people to something, it is only necessary to give it a gloss of love of humanity, nobility, gentleness, self-sacrifice - and there is nothing you cannot get them to swallow. To their souls, these are the icing, the tidbit; other kinds of souls have others.

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

Speaking of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices a sensibility hitherto unknown to us.

How did reason come into the world? As is fitting, in an irrational manner, by accident. One will have to guess at it as at a riddle.