Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment

Nobody talks more passionately of his rights than he who, in the depths of his soul, is doubtful about them.

Out of passions grow opinions; mental sloth lets these rigidify into convictions

Ah, there are so many things betwixt heaven and earth of which only the poets have dreamed!

A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . . .

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