Cognition reigns but does not rule.
The only truths which are universal are those gross enough to be thought so.
Man cannot bear his own portrait. The image of his limits and his own determinacy exasperates him, drives him mad.
A limited vocabulary, but one with which you can make numerous combinations, is better than thirty thousand words that only hamper the action of the mind.
Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.
Order always weighs on the individual. Disorder makes him wish for the police or for death. These are two extreme circumstances in which human nature is not at ease.