"L'heure que l'on vit, le lieu auquel on appartient, l'indispensable laideur, la médiocrité, tout le réel, il n'en voulait pas, ce rêveur."

"Must philosophy therefore retire from this field, disappointed in its hopes ?"

"Man portrays himself in his deeds, and what a form it is that is depicted in the drama of the present day !"