"Women are directly fitted for acting as the nurses and educators of our early childhood, by the fact that they are themselves childish, frivolous and short-sighted."

"Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection."

"The life of an individual is a constant struggle, and not merely a metaphorical one against want or boredom, but also an actual struggle against other people."

"The world is hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it."

"The world is a machine for grinding out suffering."