Nothing is more piquant than when a man of genius possesses mannerisms; not so when they possess him -- this leads to spiritual petrification.

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

Mysteries are feminine; they like to veil themselves but still want to be seen and divined.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.

True love should be, according to its origin, entirely arbitrary and entirely accidental at the same time; it should seem both necessary and free; in keeping with its nature, however, it should be both destiny and virtue and appear as a mystery and a miracle.

Good drama must be drastic.

Every philosophical review ought to be a philosophy of reviews at the same time.