A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others

Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.

Lose the day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory, For indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or think you can, begin it! Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; Begin it, and the work will be completed.

Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.

You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

What matters in art is not thinking but making.