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

We have no dreams at all or interesting ones. We should learn to be awake the same way- not at all or in an interesting manner

The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.

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.

Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it.

The Greeks, with their truly healthy culture, have once and for all justified philosophy simply by having engaged in it, and having engaged in it more fully than any other people.

What doesn't kill you make you stronger.