A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.

The perpetration of a crime is accompanied by illness!

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Hell is the inability to love.

Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!

Make us your slaves, but feed us.

Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.