"Man is so great that his greatness even manifests itself in knowing himself to be miserable."

"The greater the mind, the more it is capable of complex thoughts."

"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it."

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

"The greatest heresy is to believe in no God."