"The last act is bloody, however fine all the rest of the play, — at the last a little earth is thrown upon our head, and that is the end forever."

"We are so presumptuous that we would like to be known by all the world, and even by people who will come after us when we are no more."

"We must laugh at what we despise, and not at what we fear."

"To ridicule philosophy is truly to philosophize."

"Distraction is the only thing that makes us bear the miseries of life."