Egoism is the law of perspective applied to feelings: what is closest appears large and weighty, and as one moves farther away size and weight decrease.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Curiosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity.

The purpose of criminal law is to punish the enemies of those in power.

At present I am light, now I fly, now I see myself below me, now a god dances through me.

You must be born for your physician, otherwise you are bound to perish because of your physician.

Just look at the faces of the great Christians! They are the faces of great haters.