When a man is in love very little is enough to throw him into despair and as little to enhance his joy to the utmost.

The raging fire which urged us on was scorching us; it would have burned us had we failed to restrain it.

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent.

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.

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

We love without heeding reason, and cease to love in the same manner.

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