Inexperienced girls flatter themselves with the notion that it is in their power to make a man happy.

If we make sacrifices in doing good or in doing ill, it does not alter the ultimate value of our actions; even if we stake our life in the cause, as martyrs do for the sake of our church : it is a sacrifice to our longing for power, or for the purpose of conserving our sense of power.

The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

Phlegmatic natures can be inspired to enthusiasm only by being made into fanatics.

Creating-that is the great salvation from suffering.

In a certain state it is indecent to live longer.