"The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary."

"The more original a man is, the more he will be alone."

"Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection."

"The existence of evil is a proof that God is not omnipotent, or not benevolent, or both."

"The more I see of men, the less I like them."