Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.
Most men who rail against women are railing at one woman only.
Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.
Art includes everything which stimulates the desire to live; science includes everything which sharpens the desire to know. Art, even the most disinterested, the most disembodied, is the auxiliary of life.
An imbecile is never bored: he contemplates himself.
Man, in spite of his tendency towards mendacity, has a great respect for what he calls the truth. Truth is his staff in his voyage through life; commonplaces are the bread in his bag and the wine in his jug.