"The only original philosophical thought is that life is not worth living."

"Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed."

"That the Negroes were enslaved more than other races, and on a large scale, is evidently a result of their being, in contrast to other races, less intelligent."

"Life is a pendulum swinging between pain and boredom."

"It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us."