Reading, not just an escape, but an exercise in living.

An honest politician is either a hypocrite - or he is doomed.

One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments.

The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

The more wants a man has, the less freedom.

Animals do not betray; they do not exploit; they do not oppress; they do not enslave; they do not sin. They have their being, and their being is honest, and who can say this of man?