The popular definition of tragedy is heavy drama in which everyone is killed in the last act, comedy being light drama in which everyone is married in the last act.
Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral excuse, and pretense of reluctance.
The only power a god can teach is the power of doing without happiness.
The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary
Science is always simple and always profound. It is only the half-truths that are dangerous.
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.