Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

You believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

The proof that man is the noblest of all creatures is that no other creature has ever denied it.

The most successful tempters and thus the most dangerous are the deluded deluders.

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.