The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.

A book which, above all others in the world, should be forbidden, is a catalogue of forbidden books.

Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.

There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

One has to do something new in order to see something new.