"I am afraid of life, I am afraid of death, I am afraid of everything."

"I have not been able to write a line for a long time. I am very tired, and very sad."

"I am a most unhappy man. I have been reduced to a state of utter destitution. I am a pauper. I have no money, no clothes, no shoes, no home, no wife, no children, no friends, no hope, no health, no st…"

"I am a man who loves life, but I am not afraid of death."

"I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the only way of insuring one's immortality."