"It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live."

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it."

"Hatred is blind; anger is a fool."

"I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest."

"Happiness is like one of those palaces on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by dragons. One must fight to gain it."