Annoyance is a physical malady that is in no way cured just because the annoying situation that causes it is eliminated.

We attack not only to hurt someone, to defeat him, but perhaps also simply to become conscious of our own strength.

It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.

Priests ... these turkey-cocks of God.

The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility.

Alas! There cometh the time when man will no longer give birth to any star. Alas! There cometh the time of the most despicable man, who can no longer despise himself.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.