Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

Kings are for nations in their swaddling-clothes: France has attained her majority.

The clouds, - the only birds that never sleep.

[T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity.

The smaller it is the heart, more hatred houses.

It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.

All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word "no." To "no" there is only one answer and that is "yes." Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. Man lives more by affirmation than by bread.