Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.

It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising

Wait and hope!

On what slender threads do life and fortune hang.

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!

Haste is a poor counselor