He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Triumph depends on a roll of Fate's dice; the ultimate prize is a place in Heaven.

Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.

It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but certainty.

We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage.

Pity is extolled as the virtue of prostitutes.