If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.