The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.

What a man does not understand, he does not possess.

Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way.

The society of women is the element of good manners.

If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question.

Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.

He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.