Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyments have been intellectual joys.

Love is the only way on which even the dim-witted reaches certain heights.

Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts.

Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.

In all lands, sailors form a race apart. They profess a congenital contempt for landlubbers. As for the tradesman, he understands nothing of sailors nor cares a fig about them. He is content to rob them if he can.

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence.

By and large, women have a faith and a morality peculiar to themselves; they believe in the reality of everything that serves their interest and their passions.