In the whole of the New Testament there is not one joke, that fact alone would invalidate any book.

In the knowledge of truth, what really matters is the possession of it, not the impulse under which it was sought.

Foolish is my happiness, and foolish things will it speak: it is still too young—so have patience with it!

It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of conscience.

One must not let oneself be misled: they say 'Judge not!' but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.

Close beside my knowledge lies my black ignorance.

We talk so abstractly about poetry because all of us are usually bad poets.