The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today, would have wished to live had he waited a week.

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.

I loved him as we always love the first time: with idolatry and wild passion.