I have loved women even to madness, but I have always loved liberty better.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer.

Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me,I would love him alone and forever

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.

Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that cannot be helped. He who has not learned to practice it is a fool.

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself.