One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word.
There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
Clear and precise ideas are the most dangerous, for one does not dare to change them.
Sadness is a state of sin.
Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.
The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it were empty.