"For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible"
"A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man"
"Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think."
"We can regard our life as a uselessly disturbing episode in the blissful repose of nothingness."
"Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first."
"Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced."