If there was a reason why he preferred the liberal tendency to the conservative one (also held to by many of his circle), it was not because he found the liberal tendency more sensible, but it more closely suited his manner of life.

Violence produces only something resembling justice, but it distances people from the possibility of living justly, without violence.

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six.

If you want to be happy, be happy.

No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit

A man's every action is inevitably conditioned by what surrounds him and by his own body.

He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.