I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.

Despair itself if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.

Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution.

I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.

In most men there exists a poet who died young, whom the man survived.

If you want to succeed, limit yourself.

Since it is necessary to have enemies, let us endeavour to have those who do us honour.