“There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last.”

“There are no friends; only moments of friendship.”

“Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.”

“There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.”

“If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.”

“I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.”

“I can't get around this dilemma: I have a horror of troubles, but they whip me up, they make me talented. Peace and well-being, on the contrary, paralyze me. Either be a nobody, or everlastingly plagued.”