On Life:
There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.
Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live.
Life is a ticklish business I have resolved to spend it in reflecting upon it
On Happiness:
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
On Courage:
Personal courage is really a very subordinate virtue…in which we are surpassed by the lower animals.
On Religion:
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
Religion is the metaphysics of the masses.