The old woman dies, the burden is lifted.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of existence.

Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.

The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.

There is only one inborn error. and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy.