[Man] progresses in all things by making a fool of himself.

Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on.

The person who is ignorant enough to believe that his nourishment depends on meat is in a horrible dilemma.

All roads end at the grave, which is the gate to nothingness.

I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct sounds I can guarantee the results.

Live in contact with dreams and you will get something of their charm: live in contact with facts and you will get something of their brutality. I wish I could find a country to live in where the facts were not brutal and the dreams not real.

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich-something for nothing.