Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.

Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.

It is ludicrous to suppose that the more sceptical we are the more we see good in everything. It is clear that the more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.

In a world where everything is ridiculous, nothing can be ridiculed. You cannot unmask a mask.

A nation is not going mad when it does extravagant things, so long as it does them in an extravagant spirit. But whenever we see things done wildly, but taken tamely, then the State is growing insane.

Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is always dishonest.

It is true that I am of an older fashion; much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile.