One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.