People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.

At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.

Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.

Wicked people sometimes perform good actions. I suppose they wish to see if this gives as great a feeling of pleasure as the virtuous claim for it.

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.