If only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast!

But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.

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.

Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.

Do not scorn little victories.