The Thought That Really Crushes Us Is

He Who Has The Courage To Laugh Is Almost As Much A Master Of The World As He Who Is Ready To Die.

Man Is Doomed Either Squander His Youth, Which Is The Only Time He Has To Store Provisions For The Coming Years And Provide For His Own Well-being, Or To Spend His Youth Procuring Pleasures In Advance For That Time Of Life When He Will Be Too Old To Enjoy Them.

Boredom Is The Most Sublime Of All Human Emotions Because It Expresses The Fact That The Human Spirit, In A Certain Sense, Is Greater Than The Entire Universe. Boredom Is An Expression Of A Profound Despair At Not Finding Anything That Can Satisfy The Soul's Boundless Needs.

Men Are Ready To Suffer Anything From Others Or From Heaven Itself, Provided That, When It Comes To Words, They Are Untouched.

The World Laughs At Things It Would Really Prefer To Admire, And Like Aesop's Fox It Criticizes Things It Covets.