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

"In order to live a life that is truly worth living, one must at some point become thoroughly disgusted with it."

"Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed."

"Happiness is merely the absence of pain."

"Human life, when viewed in its entirety, is a tragedy; but in its details it has the character of a comedy."