If truth is a value it is because it is true and not because it is brave to speak it.

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.

A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man.

There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species.

Usage is the only test. I prefer a phrase that is easy and unaffected to a phrase that is grammatical.

If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.

Because women can do nothing except love, they've given it a ridiculous importance. They want to persuade us that it's the whole of life. It's an insignificant part.