It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

One must first be firmly set in oneself, one must stand securely on one's own two legs otherwise one cannot love at all.

The highest type of free men should be sought where the highest resistance is constantly overcome: five steps from tyranny, close to the threshold of the danger of servitude.

The shortest route is not the most direct one, but rather the one where the most favorable winds swell our sails:Mthat is the lesson that seafarers teach. Not to abide by this lesson is to be obstinate: here, firmness of character is tainted with stupidity.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.

I have exposed myself and am not ashamed to stand there naked. "Shame" is what we call the monster that attached itself to men when they aspired beyond the animals.