“I have never observed that the religious are more eager to die than the rest of us poor mortals.”

“All men are mortal, he tells us, but some are more mortal than others.”

“I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor.”

“Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.”

“"Poor humans; they will all die."
"Poor us; we will not."”

“In an ideal world I ought to have gone with him to observe their reactions, but in an ideal world heroes never get tired or depressed; what's more, heroes are paid more than me.”

“I have nothing, owe a great deal, and the rest I leave to the poor.”

“I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.”

“My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that's why I can never stay in England for more than a week.”

“This world was created from God's fear of solitude. In other words, us, the creatures, have no other meaning but to distract the Creator. Poor clowns of the absolute, we forget that we live dramas for the boredom of a spectator, whose claps have never reached the ears of a mortal.”