In this world, all power rests upon force.
To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.
Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.
Grace is the outcome of inward harmony.
Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.
A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.