«Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases»

«Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.»

«Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life»

«He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases.»

«Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases»

«Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age»

«Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.»

«Let us not underestimate the privileges of the mediocre. As one climbs higher, life becomes ever harder; the coldness increases, responsibility increases.»

«Life always gets harder toward the summit - the cold increases, the responsibility increases»

«In each age men of genius undertake the ascent. From below, the world follows them with their eyes. These men go up the mountain, enter the clouds, disappear, reappear, People watch them, mark them. They walk by the side of precipices. They daringly pursue their road. See them aloft, see them in the distance; they are but black specks. On they go. The road is uneven, its difficulties constant. At each step a wall, at each step a trap. As they rise the cold increases. They must make their ladder, cut the ice and walk on it., hewing the steps in haste. A storm is raging. Nevertheless they go forward in their madness. The air becomes difficult to breath. The abyss yawns below them. Some fall. Others stop and retrace their steps; there is a sad weariness. The bold ones continue. They are eyed by the eagles; the lightning plays about them: the hurricane is furious. No matter, they persevere.»