Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

The commonplace expression that life is nothing but a play is verified above all in this: the world speaks absolutely consistently in one way and acts absolutely consistently in another.

Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again --

We remember childhood as the fabulous years of our lives, and nations remember their childhood as fabulous years.

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

The thought that really crushes us is the thought of the futility of life of which death is the visible manifestation.