"It is natural for a feeling of mere indifference to exist between men, but between women it is actual enmity."

"It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain."

"The world is a hospital for incurables."

"To be alone is the fate of all great minds – a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils."

"The highest degree of world-weariness is when one has no longer any wish for anything."