At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did I bear it. The question remains: how?

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.

I bequeath all my property to my wife on the condition that she remarry immediately. Then there will be at least one man to regret my death.

Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

Out of my own great woe I make my little songs.

In earlier religions the spirit of the time was expressed through the individual and confirmed by miracles. In modern religions the spirit is expressed through the many and confirmed by reason.