I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.

A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom.

The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.

My appetite comes to me while eating.

A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.

As great enmities spring from great friendships, and mortal distempers from vigorous health, so do the most surprising and the wildest frenzies from the high and lively agitations of our souls.

There is a huge gulf between the man who follows the conventions and laws of his country and the man who sets out to regiment them and to change them.