we do not die of anguish, we live on. We continue to suffer. We drink the cup drop by drop.

Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

There is only one sex. A man and a woman are so entirely the same thing that one can scarcely understand the subtle reasons for sex distinctions with which our minds are filled.

Lying, like license, has its degrees.

Experience is always a trustworthy guide; it may not tell you everything, but it never lies.

Nowadays it seems that moral education is no longer considered necessary. Attention is wholly centered on intelligence, while the heart life is ignored.