The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image of the past, but to the past itself.