A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated relationships of life.

"I dream, therefore I exist."

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.

"Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak."

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.