A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live; and, as at the instant of birth we partake of the rights of citizenship, that instant ought to be the beginning of the exercise of our duty.

She was dull, unattractive, couldn't tell the time, count money or tie her own shoe laces... But I loved her

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

I had been brought up in a church which decides everything and permits no doubts, so that having rejected one article of faith I was forced to reject the rest.