I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

What a fate: to be condemned to work for a firm where the slightest negligence at once gave rise to the gravest suspicion! Were all the employees nothing but a bunch of scoundrels, was there not among them one single loyal devoted man who, had he wasted only an hour or so of the firm's time in the morning, was so tormented by conscience as to be driven out of his mind and actually incapable of leaving his bed?

It receives you when you come and dismisses you when you go.

Love has as few problems as a motor car. The only problems are the driver, the passengers, and the road.

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.