Some speak of the public as if it were someone with whom they have had dinner at the Leipzig Fair in the Hotel de Saxe. Who is this public? The public is not a thing, but rather an idea, a postulate, like the Church.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

Most thoughts are only profiles of thoughts. They must be inverted and synthesized with their antipodes. Thus many philosophical writings become very interesting which would not have been so otherwise.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Every complete man has his genius. True virtue is genius.

The few existing writings against Kantian philosophy are the most important documents in the case history of sound common sense.

I can no longer say my love and your love; they are both alike in their perfect mutuality.