In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces.

It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.

Refecting on the high divorce rate in America as contrasted with England "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers

There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself?