"I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea."

"Fools are more happy than wits."

"If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself."

"I believe that if one were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the world would at once be dried up."

"The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison."