The result of all this is that thoughts put on paper are nothing more than footsteps in the sand: you see the way the man has gone, but to know what he saw on his walk, you want his eyes.
The facts and our intentions are comparable for the better part to two forces that pull in two different directions and their diagonal is the course of our life.
The more intelligence you shall have, the more you shall suffer.
To the intellectually well-provided man solitude offers two advantages: first of all that of being alone with himself and, secondly, that of not being around other people.
There is one inborn mistake, and it is believing that we exist to be happy.
I didn't write for idiots. That's why my audience is thight.
The true oratory consists in saying the necessary and only the necessary.
Love and hate falsify our judgement entirely. In our enemies we see nothing but faults, in our loved ones nothing but excellences, and even their faults appear to us amiable.
If a God has made this world, then I would not like to be the God; it's misery and distress would break my heart.
Whoever we may be and whatever we may possess the pain which is the essence of life shall not let itself be removed.