No sane man can be happy, for to him life is real, and he sees what a fearful thing it is. Only the mad can be happy, and not many of those.
Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
No brute ever does a cruel thing – that is the monopoly of those with the Moral Sense.
Every one knew he could foretell wars and famines, though that was not so hard, for there was always a war, and generally a famine somewhere.
Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.
