To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle

God, that checkroom of our dreams.

We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.