Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some loft... - Arthur Schopenhauer

"Qualsiasi uomo notevole, chiunque cioè non appartenga a quei 5/6 dell'umanità dotati tanto miseramente dalla natura, rimarrà dopo i quarant'anni difficilmente esente da una certa traccia di misantropia."

"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people."

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see."

"Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure"

"They tell us that Suicide is the greatest piece of Cowardice... That Suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in this world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person."