Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Philosophy is the true home of irony, which might be defined as logical beauty: for wherever men are philosophizing in spoken or written dialogues, and provided they are not entirely systematic, irony ought to be produced and postulated; even the Stoics regarded urbanity as a virtue.

The highest good and solely useful is liberal education.

In true prose everything must be underlined.

The life and vigor of poetry consists of the fact that it steps out of itself, tears out a section of religion, then withdraws into itself to assimilate it. The same is true of philosophy.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.