Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man.

Never to talk about oneself is a very refined form of hypocrisy.

A real fox calls sour not only those grapes that he cannot reach but also those that he has reached and taken away from others.

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.

What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.

One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.