“Shower upon him every earthly blessing, give him economic prosperity such that he should have nothing else to do but sleep, eat cakes, and busy himself with the continuation of the species, and even then, out of sheer ingratitude, sheer spite, man would play you some nasty trick.”
“It's true that I considered killing myself, but I thought as I was already standing over the water, that if I considered myself a strong man all along, then let me not be afraid of shame now.”
