Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

Like most young people, these two attributed to the world their own intelligence and virtues. Youth who knows no failure has no mercy on the faults of other people; but it has also a sublime faith in them.

Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.

Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.

Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers.

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.