Properly speaking, we learn from those books only that we cannot judge. The author of a book that I am competent to criticise would have to learn from me.

War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature.

He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

One glance, one word from you gives more pleasure than all the wisdom of this world.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

A man would create another man if one did not already exist, but a woman might live an eternity without even thinking of reproducing her own sex.