We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.
Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
Theories pass. The frog remains.