All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.

The two basic maxims of the so-called historical criticism are the postulate of the common and the axiom of the ordinary. Postulate of the common: everything really great, good, and beautiful, is improbable, since it is extraordinary and therefore at least suspect. Axiom of the ordinary: our conditions and environment must have existed everywhere, for they are really so natural.

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

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.