No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one."

Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation.

A sensation must have fallen very low to deign to turn into an idea.

"Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them."

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.