A man's own vanity is a swindler that never lacks for a dupe.

It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.

You cannot pluck love out of your heart as you would pull a tooth.

A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur.

The greatest joy a petty soul can taste is to dupe a great soul and catch it in a snare.

All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive joy or sorrow.

What is art? Nature concentrated.