In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and often, even in a mediocre artist, one finds a very remarkable man.

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!

A heart full of courage and cheerfulness needs a little danger from time to time, or the world gets unbearable.

It is terrible to die of thirst in the ocean. Do you have to salt your truth so heavily that it does not even-quench thirst any more?

He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.