Most people are other people.

Where your life leads you, you must go

I don't like novels that end happily. They depress me so much

I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.