Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched.

It's not our disadvantages or shortcomings that are ridiculous, but rather the studious way we try to hide them, and our desire to act as if they did not exist.

Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again --

The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way and acts absolutely consistently in another.

The end of pain we take as happiness.

We remember childhood as the fabulous years of our lives, and nations remember their childhood as fabulous years.

I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules of propriety, or if instead the man exempt from this vice is rare.