It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire. Elements of Physiology (1875)
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned. Elements of Physiology (1875)
Gaiety — a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. Elements of Physiology (1875)
The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice. Elements of Physiology (1875)