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

Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality of existence; he observes closely, and he enjoys his observation: for it is out of these images that he interprets life, out of these processes that he trains himself for life.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger

The advocates of a criminal are seldom artists enough to turn the beautiful terribleness of the deed to the advantage of the doer.

Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself.

A book should long for pen, ink, and writing-table: but usually it is pen, ink, and writing-table that long for a book. That is why books are so negligible nowadays.