“One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.”

“When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly.”

“I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.”