To be a member of such a crowd ... is not much to be far removed from solitude; the freedom of everyone is assured by the freedom to which everyone else lays claim.

It was an accident that has endowed man with intelligence. He has made use of it: he invented stupidity.

Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.

Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.

The man of genius may dwell unknown, but one always may recognize the path he has followed into the forest. It was a giant who passed that way. The branches are broken at a height that other men cannot reach.

Those men who live with the greatest intensity are often the ones who seem to take least interest in life.