The more incompetent one feels, the more eager he is to fight.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

They were renewed by love; the heart of each held infinite sources of life for the heart of the other.

You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.

There is no virtue if there is no immortality.

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.