The world is the expanding Greece and Greece is the shrinking world.

He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

I only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill.

To rove about, musing, that is to say loitering, is, for a philosopher, a good way of spending time.

Tobacco is the plant that converts thoughts into dreams.

It is an unpleasant thing to go to bed without supper, it is a still less pleasant thing not to sup and not to know where one is to sleep.

The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities.