The weakest being on earth can accomplish feats of strength. The frailest urchin will ring every doorbell on the street in arctic weather or hoist himself aloft to inscribe his name on a virgin monument.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Does not any limit imposed upon one inspire a desire to go beyond it? Does not our keenest suffering arise when our free will is crossed?

For the journalist, anything probable is gospel truth.

The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.

In love, what a woman mistakes for disgust is actually clearsightedness. If she does not admire a man, she scorns him.

The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.