Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.

Everyone needs help from everyone.

For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.

Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree. Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other's faces.

The right to happiness is fundamental; men live so little time and die alone.

Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.