Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness
Man is the inventor of stupidity.
God is not all that exists. God is all that does not exist.
Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.
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.
To write well, to have style ... is to paint. The master faculty of style is therefore the visual memory. If a writer does not see what he describes-countrysides and figures, movements and gestures-how could he have a style, that is originality?