"Despair is the sickness unto death, this tormenting contradiction, this sickness in the self; it is to be eternally dying, to die and yet not die, to die the death."

"The more one thinks, the more one is confused."

"I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me. But I went away — yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of t…"

"The more an individual is alone, the more he is himself."

"The only thing I am afraid of is that I shall not remain a humorist."