A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exists.

There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty.

Any truth creates a scandal.

age means nothing. If anything I feel that I'm still a child: eternity and childhood are my ages.

I have come to think that great men are characterized precisely by the extreme position which they take, and that their heroism consists in holding to that extremity throughout their lives.

We say: mad with joy. We should say: wise with grief.

This morning it occurred to me for the first time that my body, my faithful companion and friend, truer and better known to me than my own soul, may be after all only a sly beast who will end by devouring his master.