Only ideas won by walking have any value.

Necessity is not a fact; it's an interpretation.

Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.

My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

The preponderance of pain over pleasure is the cause of our fictitious morality and religion.

Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.

There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause.