Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.

The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

Those who come a hundred or two hundred years after us will despise us for having lived our lives so stupidly and tastelessly. Perhaps they'll find a means to be happy.

For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.

Let the things that happen on the stage be just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people are having a meal, just having a meal, but at the same time their happiness is being created, or their lives are being smashed up.