Look at the sun! It’s dry, it’s dead, it needs a drink, it wants blood! And I’ll give it blood!

The life of a devotee is a crusade of which the heart is the Holy Land.

[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?

The only truth is love beyond reason.

I have come too late into a world too old.

The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.

Vanity and dignity are incompatible with each other; vain women are almost sure to be vulnerable.