We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

When our hatred is too alive puts us below what we hate.

To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.

We often in our misfortunes take that for constancy and patience which is only dejection of mind; we suffer without daring to holdup our heads, just as cowards let themselves be knocked on the head because they have not courage to strike back.

Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.

The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.