Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

Restlessness is the hallmark of existence.

If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else; whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease.

For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it.

It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big. It is an indivisible point, drawn out and magnified by the powerful lenses of Time and Space.