The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
To be adult is to be alone.
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.