The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.

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

Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.

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

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

In order to be able to write well upon a subject, one must have ceased to be interested in it; the thought which is to be soberlyexpressed must already be entirely past and no longer be one's actual concern.

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.