Women are like dreams, they are never the way you would like to have them.

The secret of living is to find a pivot, the pivot of a concept on which you can make your stand.

Man never reasons so much and becomes so introspective as when he suffers; since he is anxious to get at the cause of his sufferings, to learn who has produced them, and whether it is just or unjust that he should have to bear them.

We're like so many puppets hung on the wall, waiting for someone to come and move us or make us talk.

We think we understand each other, but we never really do.

Pretending is a virtue. If you cant pretend, you can't be king.

When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.