Behind all their personal vanity, women themselves always have an impersonal contempt for woman.

As a result, nature is something entirely different from what comes to mind when we invoke its name.

Ah, how little you know of human happiness - you comfortable and benevolent people! For happiness and unhappiness are brother and sister - or even twins who grow up together - or in your case - remain small together!

Unconsciously we seek the principles and opinions which are suited to our temperament, so that at last it seems as if these principles and opinions had formed our character and given it support and stability.

One does well to put on gloves when reading the New Testament. The proximity of so much uncleanliness almost forces one to do this.

We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on.

Let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!