Professor Isak Borg: Give me a cigar, anytime. That's stimulating and relaxing. That's a vice for men.Marianne Borg: And what vices may a woman have?Professor Isak Borg: Weeping, giving birth and speaking ill of her neighbors.
In our relations with other people, we mainly discuss and evaluate their character and behavior. That is why I have withdrawn from nearly all so-called relations. This has made my old age rather lonely. My life has been full of hard work and I am grateful. It began as toil for bread and butter and ended in a love of science.
I can't think of anything worse than growing old.