Man is the cruelest animal.

A small revenge is more human than no revenge at all.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

The apprentice and the master love the master in different ways.

And so do you suppose it must be a piece-work because it has been given to you (and could only be given to you) in pieces?

Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines how long the kernel is to exist or not; in which, accordingly, the stunted, diseased and dull witted jailer is lord, and indicates the moment at which his distinguished prisoner shall die.

When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.