The ordinary man is as courageous and invulnerable as a hero when he does not recognize any danger, when he has no eyes to see it.Conversely, the hero's only vulnerable spot is on his back, and so exactly where he has no eyes.

Whoever does not know how to find the way to his ideal lives more frivolously and impudently than the man without an ideal.

Concerning great things one should either be silent or speak loftily.

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

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

The lack of closeness among friends is a fault that cannot be reprimanded without becoming incurable.

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