"Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete, devotes his heart entirely to money."

"If you want to know what a man is really like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

"Man is the only animal that causes pain to others for the mere pleasure of doing it."

"The only thing that makes life bearable is art."

"The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it."