In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury.

When you fool a fool you strike a blow for intelligence.

The story she had told me was possible, but it was not believable.

I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence.

There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives.

Whether happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure man possesses.

Marriage is the tomb of love.