A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

It wasn’t my day. My week. My month. My year. My life. God damn it.

I did not choose to be a monster—a shell of a man—half-human, half-fiend. I am a tiefling. I am what I am.

The light shines in our hearts and our lives.

A man generally lives up to what is expected of him.

Each morning, despite the unknowns, they made their legs move.

In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.

My heart leaps at the trumpet's voice.

One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.

In the very darkness of a stupid society, even a little candle deserves a great honour!

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.