I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.

that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me

A rogue does not laugh in the same way that an honest man does; a hypocrite does not shed the tears of a man of good faith. All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.

If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.

I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange —

So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.

In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well contented to be regarded as martyrs.