The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

Love and hatred are not blind, but are blinded by the fire they bear within themselves.

Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody who pays his debts-for example, to you.

A man unconsciously imagines that where he is strong, where he feels most thoroughly alive, the element of his freedom must lie.

The world was conquered through the understanding of dogs; the world exists through the understanding of dogs.

We should turn our death into a celebration, even if only out of a malice towards life: towards the woman who wants to leave--us!