He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.

A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

But they were fated to misunderstand each other.