"Every man has a certain amount of original sin in him, and this is the cause of all his misery."

"Compassion is the basis of all morality."

"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."

"One day, we shall all be ashes."

"If we were not all so pitifully and ridiculously constituted, we should be ashamed to be alive."