"Life is a constant dying."

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

"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 world is a spectacle for the gods."

"The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opi…"