Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear.

There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.

Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.