Almost two thousand years, and no new god!

If you look long enough into the void, the void begins to look back through you.

And many such good inventions are there, that they are like woman's breasts: useful at the same time, and pleasant.

As an artist one has no home in Europe except in Paris.

What is it that you love in others?--My hopes.

The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks!

Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.