Conviction is the conscience of intellect.

The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity.

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

Chance is a nickname for Providence.

Conviction is the conscience of intellect.

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world.