“One must always be drunk. That's all there is to it—it's the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk.”

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

“This is the best of all possible worlds.”