Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.