We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.

Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular and convincing.

I need solitude, which is to say, recovery, return to my self, the breath of a free, light, playful air.

Every word has its fragrance: there is a harmony and a disharmony of fragrances, and hence of words.

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.

When a man has just been greatly honored and has eaten a little he is the most generous.