Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.

Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody who pays his debts--for example, to you.

What makes one heroic? -- Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.

That grand drama in a hundred acts, which is reserved for the next two centuries of Europe --the most terrible, most questionable and perhaps also the most hopeful of all dramas. . .