Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Solitude is bearable only with God.

Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it.

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.