With friends, one is well; but at home, one is better.

A new conception of life cannot be imposed on men; it can only be freely assimilated. And it can only be freely assimilated in two ways: one spiritual and internal, the other experimental and external.

I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly

Woman is generally so bad that the difference between a good and a bad woman scarcely exists.

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

Both salvation and punishment for man lie in the fact that if he lives wrongly he can befog himself so as not to see the misery of his position.

There can be no peace for us, only misery, and the greatest happiness.