God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.
The advantage of the incomprehensible is that it never loses its freshness.
[Beauty is] that which makes us despair.
Conscience reigns but it does not govern.
History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything.
A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.