When I contemplated purpose I also contemplated chance and foolishness.

Only idiots fail to contradict themselves three times a day.

What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.

An important species of pleasure, and therewith the source of morality, arises out of habit.

In almost all sciences the fundamental knowledge is either found in earliest times or is still being sought.

This crown to crown the laughing man, this rose-wreath crown: I myself have set this crown upon my head, I myself have pronounced my laughter holy.

One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed.