We are not men, but promises of men.

The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.

Of the future, man knows least; yet, about this, he worries most.

Doubt is the tax man pays for the luxury of useless knowledge.

To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how you look when asleep.

As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.