The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.

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

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

In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas — no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.

For there are two distinct sorts of ideas: Those that proceed from the head and those that emanate from the heart.