Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth

The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.

It is easier to kill what we do not know.

In the end, we would like not to be guilty while at the same time being dispensed of the effort of purifying ourselves. Not enough cynicism and not enough virtue.

The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.

Nothing in the world is worth turning one's back on what one loves.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.