Every life viewed from the inside is a series of defeats.

The hospital is the antechamber to the tomb

Lack of money means discomfort, means squalid worries, means shortage of tobacco, means ever-present consciousness of failure-above all, it means loneliness.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.

By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself.