That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies!

The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.

All great artists and thinkers are great workers.

Just look at the faces of the great Christians! They are the faces of great haters.

Certitude drives people mad.

Not with wrath do we kill, but with laughter. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity!

Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.