There is no more dreary or more repulsive creature than the man who has evaded his genius.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.--What was that god thinking who counseled, "Know thyself!" Did he perhaps mean,"Cease to concern yourself! Become objective!"--And Socrates?--And "scientific men"?

The melancholia of everything completed!

Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking.

The spirit of the poet craves spectators... even if only buffaloes.

The surest sign of the estrangement of the opinions of two persons is when they both say something ironical to each other and neither of them feels the irony.

In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required--acting as though we do not see through the motivesof their actions.