Christianity ruined emperors, but saved peoples.

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

I deeply wished I could make the stars all come down and breathe them; disappear in them

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

Christianity ruined emperors, but saved peoples.

Take love as a sober man takes wine; do not become a drunkard. If your mistress is sincere and faithful, love her for that; but if she is not, if she is merely young and beautiful, love her for that; if she is agreeable and spirituelle, love her for that; if she is none of these things but merely loves you, love her for that. Love does not come to us every day.

The heart that once has been your shrine for other loves is too divine