Every social system is more or less against nature, and at every moment nature is at work to reclaim her rights.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.

Having precise ideas often leads to a man doing nothing.

Thought must be hidden in the verse like nutritional virtue in a fruit.