Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

All the fame I look for in life is to have lived it quietly

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.