If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment-as well as the prison.

But twice-two-makes-four is for all that a most insupportable thing. Twice-two-makes-four is, in my humble opinion, nothing but a piece of impudence. Twice-two-makes-four is a farcical, dressed-up fellow who stands across your path with arms akimbo and spits at you.

But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.

To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things.

Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

Can a man of perception respect himself at all?

Catch several hares and you won't catch one.