He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous.

We can most safely achieve truly universal tolerance when we respect that which is characteristic in the individual and in nations, clinging, though, to the conviction that the truly meritorious is unique by belonging to all of mankind.

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.

Even dirt glitters when the sun is shining upon it