The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.

It is only the hope of what is claimed that begets and nurishes the wish.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Life is a business that does not cover the costs.

Style is what gives value and currency to thoughts.

Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.

If God made the world, I would not be that God, for the misery of the world would break my heart.