As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.

We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time

Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, "Vengeance is mine." [...] He believes in you.

When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.