Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

To forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.