A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent

Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.

It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be one; society does not exist on moral ideas only

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea.