The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.
The will to overcome an emotion, is ultimately only the will of another, or of several other, emotions.
I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
Life without music is no life at all.
You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.