One who is publicly honest about himself ends up by priding himself somewhat on this honesty: for he knows only too well why he is honest-for the same reasons another person prefers illusion and dissimulation.
One is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions.
It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad.
All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible.
On the heights it is warmer than those in the valley imagine.
Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.