To make a young couple love each other, it is only necessary to oppose and separate them.

To make something you have to be something.

A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.

Then to the depths! - I could as well say height: It's all the same.

The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.

Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.

People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up.