Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.

The ever-present phenomenon ceases to exist for our senses. It was a city dweller, or a prisoner, or a blind man suddenly given his sight, who first noted natural beauty.

Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last.

Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.

We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time