The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.

God created woman. And boredom did indeed cease from that moment-but many other things ceased as well!

Whereas the man of action binds his life to reason and its concepts so that he will not be swept away and lost, the scientific investigator builds his hut right next to the tower of science so that he will be able to work on it and to find shelter for himself beneath those bulwarks which presently exist.

One day soon you will meet a man, and he will rise like a phoenix from the ashes, and it is my greatest hope that he will not give you syphilis.

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that.

The higher its type, the more rarely a thing succeeds.

Everything that is profound loves the mask: the profoundest things have a hatred even of figure and likeness.