And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn.

For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not consent to go on living, and would rather destroy himself than remain on earth, though he had bread in abundance.

Totally without hope one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. Hell is hopelessness. It is no accident that above the entrance to Dante's hell is the inscription: "Leave behind all hope, you who enter here."

Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit.

If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.

But people will laugh at all sorts of things.

I'm drunk but truthful.