"Life is a pendulum swinging between pain and boredom."

"Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people."

"That woman is by nature intended to obey is shown by the fact that every woman who is placed in the unnatural position of absolute independence at once attaches herself to some kind of man, by whom sh…"

"The only way to escape the suffering of life is to kill oneself."

"The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs."