Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.

I can only see death and more death, till we are black and swollen with death.

Why, oh why must one grow up, why must one inherit this heavy, numbing responsibility of living an undiscovered life? Out of the nothingness and the undifferentiated mass, to make something of herself! But what? In the obscurity and pathlessness to take a direction! But whither? How take even one step? And yet, how stand still? This was torment indeed, to inherit the responsibility of one’s own life.

It's better to be born lucky than rich. If you're rich, you may lose your money, but if you're born lucky, you will always have more money.

A man must keep his earnestness nimble, to escape ridicule.

I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the maximum liberty to every individual?

He always ran away from the battle with himself. Even in his own heart's privacy, he excused himself, saying, "If she hadn't said so-and-so, it would never have happened.