"The state is nothing but a large-scale institution for the protection of property."

"Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is lent us in life: the higher the interest, the more we have to pay."

"Life is a constant oscillation between the pain of wanting and the boredom of having."

"The only truly happy people are children and idiots."

"The only way to escape the suffering of life is to kill oneself."