“One should not go into churches if one wishes to breathe pure air.”
“If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.”
“Aphorisms should be peaks – and those who are addressed, tall and lofty. The air thin and pure, danger near, and the spirit full of gay sarcasm: these go well together.”
“The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.”
“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”
“We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time”