"Such a view is the apotheosis of Philistinism."

"A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look …"

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free."

"The animal enjoys the present, man is tormented by the future."

"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people."