No one reveals himself as he is; we all wear a mask and play a role. - <i>On Psychology</i> - Arthur Schopenhauer

Sometimes we credit ourselves with a longing to be in some distant spot, whereas, in truth, we are only longing to have the time back again which we spent there — -days when we were younger and fresher than we are now.

The less one, as a result of objective or subjective conditions, has to come into contact with people, the better off one is for it.

The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than yourself; and this is a form of consolation open to every one. But what an awful fate this means for mankind as a whole! We are like lambs in a field, disporting themselves under the eye of the butcher, who chooses out first one and then another for his prey.