And to this world, to this scene of tormented and agonised beings, who only continue to exist by devouring each other, in which, therefore, every ravenous beast is the living grave of thousands of oth...
The Jews are the scum of the earth, but they are also great masters in lying.
Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.
All striving comes from lack, from a dissatisfaction with one's condition, and is thus suffering as long as it is not satisfied; but no satisfaction is lasting; instead, it is only the beginning of a...
Rascals are always sociable, and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.
What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our invest...
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.
Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.
A man can do as he will, but not will as he will.
To become reconciled to a friend with whom you have broken, is a form of weakness; and you pay the penalty of it when he takes the first opportunity of doing precisely the very thing which brought abo...
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.
We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.
The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else and run away even before he comes near them the fly lights upon his...