The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.

I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher.