Batter Old King Cole and his merry soul than a hundred Franz Kafkas.

Better Old King Cole and his merry soul than a hundred Franz Kafkas.

Yes to life, to love, to joy, to pleasure; no to death, hate, misery, and all the forces of repression.

Always doubting and questioning everything strikes me as a very miserable way to live.

Resist the temptation to make yourself miserable.

Why do we value most precisely those things we haven't got?

One must resist the temptation to make oneself miserable.

Misery is the price one pays for loving the unlovable.

Misery, don't flatter yourself! You're not that important.