Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher.

Is is true that dictators never dream because they can change their smallest fantasies into realities if they want to?

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

Oh! my friend, when you feel bursting on your lips the vow of eternal love, do not be afraid to yield, but do not confound wine with intoxication; do not think the cup divine because the draft is of celestial flavor; do not be astonished to find it broken and empty in the evening.

Experience is the name men give to their follies or their sorrows.

Happiness may have but one night, as glory but one day.

I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me.