I'm in good form, taking no interest in things, neglecting clothes, meals, company, and feeling calm and stable as I write.

You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.

Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.

What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it.

People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them.

For what's the use of talking with a man who has a disease and thinks about the stars?

...it is simplicity that is difficult to make.