It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong.

Compassion for the friend should conceal itself under a hard shell.

As far as Germany extends it ruins culture.

Thinking about suicide is a potent consolation: it helps us to get through many a bad night.

As refined fare serves a hungry man as well as and no better than coarser food, the more pretentious artist will not dream of inviting the hungry man to his meal.

Living in a constant chase after gain compels people to expend their spirit to the point of exhaustion.

The most vulnerable and yet most unconquerable of things is human vanity; nay, through being wounded its strength increases and can grow to giant proportions.