It is a distinction to have many virtues, but a hard lot.

In the dark, time feels different than when it is light.

I love him who chasteneth his God, because he loveth his God: for he must succumb through the wrath of his God.

In a certain state it is indecent to live longer.

Let us guard against saying that there are laws in nature. There are merely necessities: there is no one who commands, no one whoobeys, no one who transgresses. Once you understand that there are no purposes, then you also understand that nothing is accidental: for it is only in a world of purposes that the word "accident" makes sense.

What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger

Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt.